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In a search for anti-aging remedies that erase age spots and wrinkles or products that remove freckles, blemishes, and dark spots, many, without knowing, buy cosmetics that contain mercury or its salts that are toxic to the human neurologic, cardiovascular, and renal systems.  Pregnant and nursing women, infants, and younger children are particularly vulnerable.

 

Mercury-containing products are banned by the FDA but are illegally imported, bought on websites, or bought abroad and carried back to the US.  These dangerous cosmetics are often found in shops that serve Latino, Asian, African, or Middle Eastern communities.

 

How do you spot the mercury-containing products?  Look for the words “mercurous chloride,” “calomel,” “mercuric,” “mercurio,” or the obvious “mercury, ” on the label.  If there isn’t an ingredient listing, that’s an automatic red flag.

 

I’ll review the FDA’s current list of dangerous mercury-containing products in a separate report.  Look for it.

 

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/mercury-poisoning-linked-skin-products

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/health-fraud-scams/skin-products-containing-mercury-andor-hydroquinone

 

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