FRANCE ANTI-FRECKLE CREAM HEALTH WARNING – RAPEX, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission's RAPEX consumer protection information service has warned tests carried out in France on Lebanon-made anti-freckle cream 'Diana' were "strongly poitive" regarding mercury contamination. "Severe erythematous, oedematous eczema appeared five hours after application of the product," said the warning, which added Diana also contained. "sweet almond oil, beeswax, salicylic acid, subnitrate of bismuth, preservatives (and) fragrance."
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THE EUROPEAN Commission's RAPEX consumer protection information service has warned tests carried out in France on Lebanon-made anti-freckle cream 'Diana' were "strongly poitive" regarding mercury contamination. "Severe erythematous, oedematous eczema appeared five hours after application of the product," said the warning, which added Diana also contained. "sweet almond oil, beeswax, salicylic acid, subnitrate of bismuth, preservatives (and) fragrance."
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