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Mercury ban in cosmetics: Why it's harmful to your health and where it might be hiding

That skin-lightening cream or anti-ageing serum promising a glow overnight? It might be hiding something dangerous. The Indian government is now considering a ban on mercury-based cosmetics, following ...
Pressenza

EcoWaste Coalition Urges Local Authorities to Protect their Constituents and the Ecosystems from Toxic Mercury in Skin Lightening Products

September 2025, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition appealed to city and municipal authorities to actively cooperate with the national government and ...

The ‘mercury boom’ sparking toxic gold mining and putting lives in danger

Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time ...
Yahoo

Officials ban toxic product that caused widespread food poisoning: 'We will now likely see the deaths of children from this poison decline rapidly'

Civil activists are celebrating after the South African government made a decision that will benefit human health in the nation. As detailed by Mail & Guardian, the cabinet approved the ban on the use ...
The Hill

The Trump administration needs to get its story straight on mercury

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again campaign seeks to reduce child exposure to toxic metals. As a pediatrician, I fully support that goal. The EPA ...