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  "path": "/2026/03/consumer-alert-banned-mercury-containing-skin-lightening-products-still-sold-in-public-markets-and-online-stores/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T01:58:57.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Asia",
    "Gender and Feminisms",
    "Health",
    "Press Releases",
    "International Women's Month",
    "Minamata Convention",
    "Toxic Mercury in skin-lightening prroducts",
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  "textContent": "As we celebrate International Women’s Month, toxics watchdog BAN Toxics has issued a consumer alert on the illegal sale of prohibited beauty products containing mercury—a highly toxic heavy metal that poses serious risks to the nervous, digestive, and immune systems.…\n\nBAN Toxics",
  "title": "Consumer Alert: Banned Mercury-Containing Skin Lightening Products Still Sold in Public Markets and Online Stores"
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