Part of domestic whitening products in Korea were checked mercury content million times

According to the Yonhap news agency January 17, the Korean Consumer Institute said 17th, according to 21 kinds of imports of whitening cosmetics test results show that 3 kinds of products mercury content is severely exceeded, of which China made 2 kinds of cosmetics mercury exceeded 15,000 times times. reported that in China's whitening cosmetics Vison Face cream detected mercury content of 15698ppm, in freckle cream detected mercury content of 120-5212ppm, the origin of unknown products melanin treatment containing mercury 574ppm. Mercury can prevent the production of melanin, used to whitening products, but because it can cause nerve poisoning, has gradually been banned for cosmetics as raw materials, and cosmetics allowed to add mercury in the amount of 1ppm below. In another gel product test for tooth whitening, a Chinese-made product was detected with excess hydrogen peroxide content. South Korea's consumer Institute said it would advise the Korean Food and Drug Safety office to strengthen the safety management of imported whitening products and tooth whitening agents, and to strengthen the control over the marking and advertising of online circulation products.