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Traces of mercury, chromium found in cosmetics: Study [1]

Submitted by daya on Thu, 2014-01-16 15:44

Cosmetics in India, some of which are endorsed by well known celebrities, have portions of mercury and chromium in them, reveals a recent study.

The use of mercury and chromium in cosmetics is prohibited in India.
Mercury, which is used in fairness creams is universally recognised as extremely toxic, while chromium, which causes cancer, is used in lipsticks.

thesaurus: 
India [2]
Cosmetics [3]
Mercury [4]
Lipstick [5]
Cancer [6]
Fairness Cream [7]
Heavy Metals [8]
CSE Study [9]
Sunita Narain [10]
Health Effects [11]
Health [12]
Main Topic: 
Health [12]
Name of the Newspaper: 
Zee News [13]
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
CSE
IGF
External URL: 
http://zeenews.india.com/news/science/traces-of-mercury-chromium-found-in-cosmetics-study_904335.html
Publication Date: 
16/01/2014

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Source URL: http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/traces-mercury-chromium-found-cosmetics-study

Links:
[1] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/traces-mercury-chromium-found-cosmetics-study
[2] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[3] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cosmetics
[4] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mercury
[5] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lipstick
[6] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[7] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fairness-cream
[8] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heavy-metals
[9] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse-study
[10] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[11] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[12] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[13] http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/zee-news