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Sale of Toxic Mercury-Added Skin Lightening Products Persist in QC Despite Existing Regulations

Toxics and pollution watchdog BAN Toxics has warned the public about the continued sale of banned skin whitening products in some beauty shops in Quezon City. These products, prohibited by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to their harmful…

Warning Out on Seaweed-Containing “Extra Whitening” Cream from Thailand with High Mercury Content

19 January 2025, Quezon City.  As the Zero Waste Month gets underway, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition continues to find dangerous levels of mercury in unauthorized skin-lightening products from abroad that are being offered for sale to Filipino consumers…