LADIES: ALERT - MERCURY in Cosmetics
Toxic thimerosal (mercury) is NOT always listed on the label of your cosmetics by that name, but may be listed as either:
mercurochrome,
merthiolate,
sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate,
thimerosalate,
thiomerosalan,
merzonin,
mertorgan,
ethly (2-mercaptobenzoato-S),
mercury sodium salt,
merfamin,
or [(o-carboxyphenyl)thi] ethylmercury sodium salt.
After taking a look at this list of complicated chemical names for the mercury in cosmetics, it's easy to see how the use of mercury in a makeup product (especially the eyes) has escaped the attention of a vast majority of consumers.
Please, read the labels on all your cosmetics.
mercurochrome,
merthiolate,
sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate,
thimerosalate,
thiomerosalan,
merzonin,
mertorgan,
ethly (2-mercaptobenzoato-S),
mercury sodium salt,
merfamin,
or [(o-carboxyphenyl)thi] ethylmercury sodium salt.
After taking a look at this list of complicated chemical names for the mercury in cosmetics, it's easy to see how the use of mercury in a makeup product (especially the eyes) has escaped the attention of a vast majority of consumers.
Please, read the labels on all your cosmetics.
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