Some Skin Lightening Creams Are Full Of Banned Mercury

[Ricci]

Quote:
The Chicago Tribune bought 50 creams used to lighten skin and fade age spots and had them sent to an outside lab for testing -- and got troubling results. Six of the creams were found to contain amounts of mercury banned by federal law. Five of the creams had enough of the toxic metal to cause kidney damage over time, the Tribune reports.Now the FDA has agreed to investigate the issue in response to the Tribune's investigation.

"We didn't know there was that kind of a risk, and we believe now there is a level of risk," FDA spokesman Ira Allen said. "We are going to follow up."

Here is 5 of the creams
Graphic: Results of mercury testing - chicagotribune.com

 

[reesesilverstar]

Well, beauty has a price.

 

[AudreyNola]

Never heard of any of those creams but still

Originally Posted by reesesilverstar /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, beauty has a price. lol, and the price is slow mercury poisoning!

 

[Ricci]

Originally Posted by AudreyNola /img/forum/go_quote.gif Never heard of any of those creams but still

lol, and the price is slow mercury poisoning!

Yup,scary

 

[magosienne]

Didn't know mercury had a link with skin lightening

I could be wrong but those creams, they don't seem to be the most popular ones, they look cheap to me. I'd like to know if they checked shiseido's skin lightening lines for example. They were also removed from the shelves, so i wonder what's the relevance of that study.

 

[Dragonfly]

Thanks for sharing Ricci. This reinforces my beliefs that skin lightening and wrinkle repair products need to come from a doctor's prescription and not over the counter.