LIGHTENING GEL BANNED IN GERMANY OVER CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONCERNS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission's consumer product alert service RAPEX has reported German authorities banning a 330ml tub of French lightening gel Miss Caroline Crème. This was because of concerns an ingredient proportion broke the 1976 European Union (EU) cosmetics directive: 4.76% of its content being hydroquinone, "the use of which is associated with harmful effects", said RAPEX.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission's consumer product alert service RAPEX has reported German authorities banning a 330ml tub of French lightening gel Miss Caroline Crème. This was because of concerns an ingredient proportion broke the 1976 European Union (EU) cosmetics directive: 4.76% of its content being hydroquinone, "the use of which is associated with harmful effects", said RAPEX.
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