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Minamata Convention on Mercury

Skin-lightening whitewash: Global and domestic bans of cosmetics containing mercury prove to be skin-deep

South Africa

Skin-lightening whitewash: Global and domestic bans of cosmetics containing mercury prove to be skin-deep

By Tony Carnie

Health hazard: Women scarred for life by poisonous chemicals in skin-lightening creams

South Africa

Health hazard: Women scarred for life by poisonous chemicals in skin-lightening creams

By Tony Carnie