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In Asian countries, skin-whitening products are big business and are very popular among women.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up 2010
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Shiseido said the two firms will also work to develop skin-whitening products, which are hugely popular in Asia.
Shiseido, U.S. Unit Begin to See Eye to Eye Kana Inagaki 2011
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The skin-whitening creams were likely used to treat vitiligo, a disease that causes patches of skin to lose pigmentation.
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LOS ANGELES — Detectives found large quantities of general anesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams in Michael Jackson's home after the singer's death, search warrants unsealed Friday show.
Michael Jackson Had Dozens Of Skin-Whitening Creams: Documents 2010
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Nail salons overflow with potent toxins; the women who work in them are overwhelmingly nonwhite, often Asian, with an average age of thirty-eight—which means many are of childbearing age.125 The skin-whitening products so popular in Asia frequently contain a carcinogen called hydroquinone, as well as the heavy metals chromium and mercury.126 And the hair relaxers aggressively marketed to African-American women are very toxic.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Nail salons overflow with potent toxins; the women who work in them are overwhelmingly nonwhite, often Asian, with an average age of thirty-eight—which means many are of childbearing age.125 The skin-whitening products so popular in Asia frequently contain a carcinogen called hydroquinone, as well as the heavy metals chromium and mercury.126 And the hair relaxers aggressively marketed to African-American women are very toxic.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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The Harvard neuroscientist Allen Counter has found that in Arizona, California and Texas, hundreds of Mexican-American women have suffered mercury poisoning as a result of the use of skin-whitening creams.
Disgrasian: On SB 1070 And What Happens When "Brown" Means "Illegal" 2010
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LOS ANGELES — Detectives found large quantities of general anesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams in Michael Jackson's home after the singer's death, search warrants unsealed Friday show.
Michael Jackson Had Dozens Of Skin-Whitening Creams: Documents 2010
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The Harvard neuroscientist Allen Counter has found that in Arizona, California and Texas, hundreds of Mexican-American women have suffered mercury poisoning as a result of the use of skin-whitening creams.
Disgrasian: On SB 1070 And What Happens When "Brown" Means "Illegal" 2010
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Nail salons overflow with potent toxins; the women who work in them are overwhelmingly nonwhite, often Asian, with an average age of thirty-eight—which means many are of childbearing age.125 The skin-whitening products so popular in Asia frequently contain a carcinogen called hydroquinone, as well as the heavy metals chromium and mercury.126 And the hair relaxers aggressively marketed to African-American women are very toxic.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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