A 'LIFETIME OF BURDEN': Older Black adults die from air pollution ... One study found 6% of more than 500 skin-lightening products purchased online globally contained high levels of mercury.

Many people using skin-lightening products are unaware of the harmful ... University surveyed 455 people — a majority of them black women. Out of those who completed the questionnaire, 25% ...

The researchers surveyed hundreds of people, a majority of them Black women. Many of the respondents reported using skin lightening products, with a portion admitting that they didn’t know the ...

A new study finds colorism is driving many Black women to use potentially dangerous skin lightening products. Researchers at Northwestern University surveyed hundreds of women, most of them Black ...

455 people were surveyed—with 238 of them being Black. Around 21.3 percent said they use skin-lightening products. Nearly 75 percent of them said the agents they used were for certain skin ...

“These products are bought from chain ... skin tone satisfaction, and skin-lightening behaviors. There were 238 Black respondents, 83 Asian respondents, 84 mixed respondents, 31 Hispanic ...

Those who rely on skin-lightening products are largely unaware of their ... anonymously surveyed 455 people who said they were Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native or multiracial, and asked them about ...

Sales bleaching products causing skin cancer are on the rise as the sales ... lighter skin within a group – Southeast Asian or African populations, for example – is looked upon more favorably ...

Skin lightening, also called whitening or bleaching, is a multibillion-dollar industry with products that can damage the skin and that, researchers say, promote a dangerous message about beauty ...