Mother loses peripheral vision from apparent exposure to mercury in beauty creams.
| CNN Health | By Meera Senthilingam | February 2023 |
Toxic levels in her home put family at risk, say experts
A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the toxic chemical, according to a case report shared exclusively with CNN.
Mercury has long been used in skin whitening products due to its ability to block the production of melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin. US Federal Drug Agency regulations and the Minamata Convention on Mercury -- an international treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury -- limit the use of mercury in cosmetics, excluding those used around the eye area, to 1mg/kg of mercury, also known as 1 part per million (ppm).
See the products found in the woman's home containing mercury ranging from 4590 ppm to 18,000 ppm.
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