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Consumer Alert: Banned Mercury-Containing Skin Lightening Products Still Sold in Public Markets and Online Stores  

As we celebrate International Women’s Month, toxics watchdog BAN Toxics has issued a consumer alert on the illegal sale of prohibited beauty products containing mercury—a highly toxic heavy metal that poses serious risks to the nervous, digestive, and immune systems.…

EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Strengthened Action to Stop Production and Trade of Mercury Cosmetics

Watchdog Group Lists 48 Skin Lightening Products Adulterated With Mercury 15 August 2025, Quezon City.  As the eighth anniversary of the global entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is observed on August 16, the toxics watchdog group…