Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Eight skin-whitening products found to exceed mercury toxicity limits

Eight skin-whitening products found to exceed mercury toxicity limits
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/272106/eight-skin-whitening-products-found-to-exceed-mercury-toxicity-limits
 
"Eight whitening products being sold in Cebu City's stores were found to contain high concentrations of toxic mercury, according to results of test-buys by a Cebu-based ecology group.

The Philippine Earth Justice Center (PEJC) said test buys done on Sept. 13 and 14 in four beauty shops showed that the creams exceeded the allowable mercury limit of one part per million (ppm)."

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