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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH​

​Resources for Community Members

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The Healthy Homes and Communities program has tested skincare products in communities and multiple contained the harmful chemical, mercury. Visit the Skincare Products Containing Mercury web page to learn more about which products to avoid.

Our program partners with local health departments and community-based organizations to collect potentially toxic skincare products sold by individuals, in small markets or swap meets, or online. Community health workers, “promotores de salud,” and others who educate community members are trained on the dangers of mercury in skincare products by our program. We also provide technical assistance to local health departments on poisoning cases.

Factsheets

​​​Some Face Creams Can Poison Children Factsheet​​​​
Some Face Creams Can Poison Children (Spanish-language products, PDF, 1.1MB)
Some Face Creams Can Poison Children Factsheet
Some Face Creams Can Poison Children (Southeast Asian products, PDF) EnglishChineseHmongLao,
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Some Face Creams Can Poison Children Factsheet
​Some Face Creams Can Poison Children (South Asian products, PDF) - Eng​lish,  ArabicHindi
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It Is Illegal to Sell Creams that Contain Mercury Factsheet
​It Is Illegal to S​ell Creams that Contain Mercury (Spanish-language Products, PDF)
It Is Illegal to Sell Creams that Contain Mercury Factsheet
​It Is Illegal to Sell Creams that Contain Mercury (Southeast Asian Products, PDF) 
Choosing a Safer Cream Factsheet
Choosing a Safer Cream (PDF)

Consumer Alerts

'A Beauty Cream' Products Alert
‘A Beauty Cream’ Products (PDF) 
Rosabell Consumer Alert
Rosabell Crema (PDF) 
Methylmercury Consumer Alert
Skin Creams Containing Methylmercury (PDF) 
Woman in Coma after Using Skin Cream from Mexico Alert
Woman in Coma after Using Skin Cream from Mexico, 2019 (PDF)

For more information, to request hard copies of an educational material, or for information in Spanish, please contact us at (510) 981-4354 or AskEHIB@cdph.ca.gov. ​​​
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