Ebook Mercury in Soap in Tanzania
During a pilot project in Tanzania, financed by RUF under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Danish participants discovered that mercury-bearing soaps and creams manufactured in the United Kingdom were illegally smuggled into the country and sold on the markets in towns and villages. These products are claimed to be anti-septic, but the real purpose of using them is to obtain paler skin and hair.
Contents
Preface
Summary
Resumé
1 Introduction
2 Purchase and analyses of soap and cream
3 Mercury in soaps and creams
4 Mercury in users of soaps and creams
5 Effects of inorganic mercury on humans
6 Environmental impacts
7 Conclusion and recommendations
8 References
9 Appendix 1, Participants in the field trip
10 Appendix 2, Analyses of soaps and creams from Tanzania
11 Appendix 3, Total mercury in human hair.
Data derived from the literature
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Ebook Mercury in Soap in Tanzania
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