Mercury contamination in facial skin lightening creams and its health risks to user

Ho YB 1 , Abdullah NH 2 , Hamsan H 2 , Tan ESS 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Research Centre of Excellence for Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: yubin@upm.edu.my
  • 2 Research Centre of Excellence for Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 School of Healthy Aging, Medical Aesthetic and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UCSI University, No.1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol, 2017 Aug;88:72-76.
PMID: 28554823 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.05.018

Abstract

This study aims to determine concentrations of mercury in facial skin lightening cream according to different price categories (category I:

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