Amazon must comply with California's Proposition 65, which protects consumers from toxic products. Amazon on Friday settled a decadelong legal battle by agreeing to block skin-lightening creams ...

Amazon must comply with California's Proposition 65, which protects consumers from toxic products. Amazon on Friday settled a decadelong legal battle by agreeing to block skin-lightening creams ...

Amazon on Friday settled a decadelong legal battle by agreeing to block skin-lightening creams containing dangerous ... at one point, had 27 products for sale containing high amounts of mercury ...

The skin bleaching industry ... people in many countries using products to alter their complexion, especially in Nigeria, all in the name of organic soap and cream. This comes despite the warnings ...

He said despite the well documented harmful effects, the use of skin bleaching products like creams, ointments, soap, pills and injections was common among non-white populations throughout the world.

The World Health Organization warns that skin bleaching has become a public health concern as products pose grave ... for a particular skin-lightening cream — CT+. She said she used the ...

There are also neurological effects related to mercury in skin lightening products, and studies have confirmed that pregnant women using creams with mercury can transfer mercury to their child.