The e-commerce giants should keep pace with regulatory notifications regarding mercury-containing cosmetics, implementing their restricted products policies accordingly, and require approval of skin-lightening products prior to sale, according to a coalition of 51 NGOs. They point to recent testing that found skin creams on Amazon.com and eBay.com to contain mercury at levels up to 30,000 ppm.
The Environmental Working Group, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and close to 50 other organizations are calling on Amazon.com, Inc. and eBay Inc. to take measures to keep mercury-containing skin-care products off their online marketplaces.
In Nov. 15 letters to the multinational e-commerce firms’ CEOs, the groups highlight recent testing commissioned by the Mercury Policy...