White Gold Whitening Cream with Blackberry extract skin-lightening product — chemical risk
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Hazard
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains mercury (9720 mg/kg) as a skin lightening substance, which can cause damage to internal organs.The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive.
Measures taken
- Warning consumers of the risks — Other (15/07/2013)
- Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other
Product description
Whitening face cream in a black plastic pot, with information leaflet, packaged in black cardboard box marked ‘White Gold Whitening Cream with Blackberry extract’
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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