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CDC report on methylmercury in a skin lightening cream (2019)

Notes from the Field in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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20 Dec 2019

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  • Skin-lightening cream the cream in the first known case of methylmercury contamination was obtained from Mexico Primary record 1

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  1. 20 Dec 2019 CDC report on methylmercury in a skin lightening cream (2019)
  2. 20 Dec 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authored CDC report on methylmercury in a skin lightening cream (2019)
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  1. Notes from the Field: Methylmercury Toxicity from a Skin Lightening Cream Obtained from Mexico, California, 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 Dec 2019. Primary record
    This is the first known case of contamination of skin lightening cream with methyl mercury (or any congener, including methylmercury iodide).
    Notes from the Field: Methylmercury Toxicity from a Skin Lightening Cream Obtained from Mexico — California, 2019
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