Eventually, the investigators realized that the skin lightening cream she had been routinely applying was slowly poisoning her with organic mercury. The fact that it was organic mercury is ...

Mercury is a highly toxic environmental metal that can lead to mercury toxicity or poisoning when consumed, inhaled, or touched. Common symptoms of mercury poisoning include muscle weakness, skin ...

Amazon has agreed to block sales of skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury.

Strong complexation of the mercuric ion limits the rate of mercury methylation and uptake by organisms. Our research focuses on the ability of natural organic matter to strongly bind mercuric ions. We ...

Amazon on Friday settled a decadelong legal battle by agreeing to block skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury from its website. The settlement requires that Amazon pay a ...