[Pharmwaste] FW: [mercury_policy] FDA Regulation of Mercury Use in Skin Lightening Creams and Cosmetic Products

[Gilliam, Allen]

at the risk of "illegally"(?) cross posting to these 3 listserves which
many of you are already on (and causing duplicative reading for you),
please find the below from what Terri from NEWMOA recently posted on the
mercury listserve.
 
some very interesting news on where else mercury is coming from.  this
further explains why many of our cities cannot meet their effluent
limitations.  guess we have to camp out on the manufacturers' doorsteps?
 
allen gilliam
adeq state pretreatment type guy
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Terri Goldberg [mailto:tgoldberg at newmoa.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:53 PM
To: Mercury Policy, Legislation, and Regulations
Subject: [mercury_policy] FDA Regulation of Mercury Use in Skin
Lightening Creams and Cosmetic Products


There has been some questions raised in various mercury meetings in the
past about mercury use in skin lightning creams and cosmetics.   I just
received a link to the various US FDA websites that provide information
on the FDA regulation of the use of mercury in these products.   I
thought some of the folks on this listserv might be interested in this
information.  Please see the links --  
 
The US Food and Drug Administration regulates the use of mercury in
cosmetics and skin creams. The FDA website can be searched for
information on mercury and creams: http://www.fda.gov/
<http://www.fda.gov/> 

 

FDA regulation banning Hg in skin creams available at 

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr
=700.13
<http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?f
r=700.13> 

 

Relevant Section from FDA Cosmetic Handbook  

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-hdb3.html
<http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-hdb3.html> 

 

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