Support Grows for Global Treaty Amendment to Ban Advertising, Display, Sales, and Offering of Sales of Mercury Skin Lighteners
Media Contacts: Micaela E. Martinez, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, micaela.martinez@weact.org, +1-917-597-4282 Michael Bender, Zero Mercury Working Group, mercurypolicy@aol.com, +1-802-917-8222 Astrid Williams, Black Women for Wellness, astrid@bwwla.com Erika Wilhelm, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Erika@bccp.org, +1-415-539-5005 Support grows for global treaty amendment to ban advertising, display, sales, and offering of sales of mercury skin lighteners FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NEW YORK – In early May, the African Region proposed an amendment to the Minamata Convention on Mercury to ban advertising, display, sale, and offering of sales of mercury-added cosmetics, including skin lightening products (SLPs), some of the most notoriously toxic cosmetic products... Read More