“Creams are good to be used to elevate the body texture but, currently, we have observed another wave of colonialisation where skin lightening cream...
Recently, the African Region proposed to amend the Minamata Convention to ban the sale and offering of sales of mercury-added cosmetics, including skin lightening...
The governments of Gabon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka have joined forces to fight back against damaging beauty practices, launching a joint $14 million project...
Despite being banned, skin lighteners with illegal levels of mercury remain online, with many offered by the same e-commerce platforms where illegal products were...
A group tracking mercury-added products in commerce appealed to national and local government authorities in the Philippines to get tough on importers, distributors and retailers...
Research conducted by scholars from the Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre, Environment for Development (REPEC-EfD) Nigeria, University of...
