Mercury-Laced Beauty Products from China

Eco-Waste Coalition has published another list of mercury-tainted beauty products that are being sold in Manila:

• Yudantang Ginseng and Green Cucumber 10 Days Whitening Speckles Removed Essence, 59,000 parts per million
• Yudantang 10 Specific Eliminating Freckle Spot  and Double Whitening Sun Block Cream, 50,000 ppm
• Beauty Girl Egg White and Tomato 6 Days Specific Eliminating Freckle Whitening Cream, 39,400 ppm
• Natural Orange Whitening and Anti-Aging Package, 37,000 ppm
• Hengxueqian Whitening Set, 25,300 ppm
• S’Zitang 10 Days Eliminating Freckle Day and Night Set, 6,499 ppm
• S’Zitang 7 Days Specific Eliminating Freckle AB Set, 5,233 ppm
• Bai Li Tou Hong Cream, 4,463 ppm
• Jiaoli 7 Days Eliminating Freckle AB Set, 3,764 ppm
• Gemli Glutathione Hydrolyzed Collagen, 3,565 ppm
• Gemli Glutathione Grapeseed Extract Whitening and Anti-Aging, 2,251 ppm
• Gakadi, 2,101 ppm
• “Special Cream” (1 jar), 1,153 ppm
• One product labeled in Chinese characters with red flower and green leaves, 1,108 ppm
• Aichun Beauty Aloe Vera Whitening and Speckle Removing Series, 286 ppm

The public is warned not to buy any of these products.

[sources 1, 2]