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EcoWaste Coalition to Women: The Skin Color You’re Born With is Not a Flaw to be Fixed

Group warns against mercury-tainted cream that promises ‘even and velvety skin tone’ 6 March 2026, Quezon City.  As the commemoration of the National Women’s Month gets underway, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged women to celebrate their natural skin…

Shocking Mercury Levels Found in Popular Skin Creams Sold in Bangladesh: New Study Reveals

Dhaka, Bangladesh – A recent groundbreaking study by the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), in partnership with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and testing support from BAN Toxics, has uncovered a public health crisis hiding in plain sight. Alarming…