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Orient Pearl Whitening pearl beauty & spot removing suite skin-lightening product — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJul 5, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Orient Pearl Whitening pearl beauty & spot removing suite skin-lightening product — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Orient Pearl Whitening pearl beauty & spot removing suite skin-lightening product — chemical risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains a mercury compound (12000 mg/kg) as skin whitening substance. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (10/08/2012)

Product description

Skin-lightening product in pink and white cardboard box.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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