Africa: E-Commerce Giants Under Fire for Retailing Hazardous Mercury-Based Cosmetics

16 November 2018

New York — A coalition of over 50 civil society organizations (CSOs), from more than 20 countries, have urged two of the world's largest multi-billion dollar E-commerce retailers - Amazon and eBay - to stop marketing "dangerous and illegal mercury-based skin lightening creams."

The protest is part of a coordinated global campaign against a growing health hazard in the field of cosmetics.

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