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T1 Eliminating Mercury Skin Lightening Products
A1 World Health Organization, 
A1 Biodiversity Research Institute, 
A1 Global Mercury Partnership, 
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 mercury
YR 2024
FD 2024-07
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/45975
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/45975
NO This document outlines a UNEP-implemented, GEF-funded project with WHO and BRI to eliminate mercury in skin-lightening products in Jamaica, Gabon, and Sri Lanka, summarizing context, risks, methods, and progress. It describes mercury’s toxicity, exposure pathways, and environmental contamination; reviews legal controls under the Minamata Convention, including a ban above 1 ppm and, from 2025, a prohibition except for certain eye-area preservatives. It details outcomes on regulation, market monitoring, and global awareness; presents BRI’s prior testing and planned two-phase sampling with XRF screening and DMA analysis.
NO https://www.unep.org/mercuryfreecosmetics
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026