Cosmetics giants are being accused of hypocrisy for claiming to stand against racism, while at the same time promoting whiteness.

The case report chronicled what happened to a 47-year-old Mexican-American woman after regularly applying a skin-lightening cream to her face twice-a-day for seven years. In July 2019, she sought ...

She had been buying face cream through a friend of a friend for 12 years, but this time, someone laced it with a toxic skin-lightening compound.

TOPLINE The Indian subsidiary of the consumer products conglomerate Unilever is changing the name of its skin lightening cream Fair & Lovely following years of criticism.

Skin-lightening cream put a woman into a coma. It could happen again. Methylmercury—a heavy metal used in things like thermometers—is a key ingredient in skin-lightening products ...

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Unilever is facing fresh backlash against its Fair & Lovely skin-lightening cream, as scrutiny mounts for brands that some say feed into racist ideas and imagery.

Indian movie stars are catching heat for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement online even while endorsing skin-lightening facial creams in advertisements.

It’s 2022 and people are ordering skin whitening creams and slathering them on their faces and bodies, perpetuating white supremacy and the Eurocentric ideals of beauty. These products are ...

Skin lightening products can be dangerous for consumers when they contain harmful ingredients that are illegal for over-the-counter sales, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned.

The Rwandan government is sending officials across the country to enforce its ban on skin lightening and bleaching products.

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