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	DOI:10.1289/ehp.119-a80b

Corpus ID: 34573417Beastly Beauty Products: Exposure to Inorganic Mercury in Skin-Lightening Creams
@article{Washam2011BeastlyBP,
  title={Beastly Beauty Products: Exposure to Inorganic Mercury in Skin-Lightening Creams},
  author={C. Washam},
  journal={Environmental Health Perspectives},
  year={2011},
  volume={119},
  pages={A80 - A81}
}
	C. Washam
	Published 2011
	Biology, Medicine
	Environmental Health Perspectives

The most common exposure to mercury is from organic methylmercury found in fish. People with no workplace exposure to mercury typically have low levels of exposure to inorganic or elemental mercury, although nonoccupational exposure can occur from dental amalgams, some herbal medicine products, and cosmetics that contain mercury. When a New York City (NYC) biomonitoring study revealed that thousands of women in that city may have been exposed to dangerous levels of inorganic mercury from… Expand

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