The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines recently issued a series of public health warnings against six unauthorized facial creams for lightening the skin tone from Indonesia that the EcoWaste Coalition previously analyzed for mercury, a highly toxic chemical forbidden in such cosmetics.
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Warning out on more Pakistan-made skin whiteners with high mercury content
The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition cautioned consumers aspiring for a lighter and flawless skin not to be lured into using two unauthorized facial creams smuggled from Pakistan and verified to contain high concentrations of mercury, a highly hazardous chemical banned in cosmetic products.