MANILA, Philippines – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned yesterday 23 more cosmetic and skin whitening products on the market were found containing excessive levels of mercury, a toxic substance that can damage the body’s vital organs.
The products are BIB Night Cream Whitening Cream – 922; Pretty Model Whitening and Freckle Removing (Day Cream and Night Cream-Set); Pretty Girl 10 Day Special Cream; Pretty Girl Green Cucumber and Ginseng Cream; Liliki Whitening Day Cream – 911; Liliki Whitening Night Cream – 912; New Miss Beauty Magic Cream; Jiaoli Rejuvenation Essence 10 Days Speckle Removing; Jaio Liang 7 Days Eliminating Freckle AB Set; Jiao Liang 10 Days Eliminating Fredkle AB Set; Beauty Girl 6 Days Specific Eliminating Fredkle Whitening Cream Egg White and Tomato 3in1 and Beautiful Dream Whitening Anti-Speckle and Anti-Acne Kit.
Others are Miss Beauty Magic Cream; Miss Beauty Excellent Therapy Whitening Cream; Dagette and Ramsdell Underarm Lightening Cream; Lanmeirou 12 Days Whiten and Speckle Removing Suit; Berglotus Spot Removing Series; Yoko Gentlemen Cream for Men; Jonathan Clearing Facial Spots 12 Day Cream; The Flower Woman 7-day Whitening and Spot and Night Set Cream; Sara Glutathione Sheep Placenta Whitening and Anti-Spot Cream; Aichun Beauty Green Tea Whitening Speckle Removing Series Cream and Aichun Beauty Whitening Freckle Day and Night Cream.
The FDA said the 23 products were found to contain levels of mercury beyond one part per million.
They came mostly from Taiwan and Hong Kong while a few were from China, Thailand and United States. In January, the FDA banned 27 imported products for high mercury levels. –Sheila Crisostomo The Philippine Star
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