The dark secret of fairness creams: New study finds harmful metals in lightening products..

UK Daily Mail ^ | Januiary 15, 2014 | Neetu Chandra

[C19fan]

Next time you apply make-up, remember the fairness creams could contain mercury and the lipsticks may come packed with chromium, which can cause cancer. A new study by the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab (PML) has found mercury in 44 per cent of all the fairness creams it tested, while chromium was found in almost 50 per cent and nickel in 43 per cent of the lipstick samples tested.

[C19fan]

Probably better then the concoctions the Tudors used with lead or the arsenic mixtures Victorians used.

[Paladin2]

Fairness creams?

Can these be used to equalize income?

Allow more people to vote early and often for Bammy?

[stormhill]

Wouldn't it be simpler to just tell me what products won't kill me?
The list is bound to be a lot shorter.

[BykrBayb]

They make everybody the same color.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Anyone who is that unhappy with the way God made them has much deeper issues IMO.

[Tax-chick]

It appears that this article is mainly about products made in India. “Fairness creams” are intended to make one’s skin lighter; they’re not just foundation, of any shade.

[S.O.S121.500]

Dead bug parts in lip stick too....