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This photo appears in an article about bleaching products being banned in Ivory Coast. This lady looks much better with black skin. Just don't get it. Anyway should Jamaica follow what Ivory Coast did...
Ivory Coast embargoes skin lightening products
By Kundai Mugwanda-Nyamutenha on May 12, 2015 — The health Ministry of Ivory Coast has banned the use of skin lightening products in the country amid health hazard concern
According to the Ivorian Ministry the ban is mostly targeted at the skin whitening products containing mercury and its derivatives, cortisone, vitamin A and more than two percent hydroquinone, a lightening agent that is mostly used to develop photographs.
The statement declared that the widely used cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams are now forbidden in the country as they are likely to cause serious health threats to the people using them. A startling claim that was corroborated by a member of Ivory Coast’s pharmaceutical authority, Christian Doudouko.
“The number of people with side effects caused by these medicines is really high,” he said, adding that they could cause serious skin conditions such as skin cancer.
Source: This is Africa
Ivory Coast embargoes skin lightening products
By Kundai Mugwanda-Nyamutenha on May 12, 2015 — The health Ministry of Ivory Coast has banned the use of skin lightening products in the country amid health hazard concern
According to the Ivorian Ministry the ban is mostly targeted at the skin whitening products containing mercury and its derivatives, cortisone, vitamin A and more than two percent hydroquinone, a lightening agent that is mostly used to develop photographs.
The statement declared that the widely used cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams are now forbidden in the country as they are likely to cause serious health threats to the people using them. A startling claim that was corroborated by a member of Ivory Coast’s pharmaceutical authority, Christian Doudouko.
“The number of people with side effects caused by these medicines is really high,” he said, adding that they could cause serious skin conditions such as skin cancer.
Source: This is Africa
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