June 12, 2026
Walmart Agrees to Block Sales of Skin Lighteners Containing Mercury: Action Taken in Response to California’s Proposition 65 Legal Notice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Bender, mercurypolicy@gmail.com Rachel Doughty, rdoughty@greenfirelaw.com San Francisco, CA—June 12, 2026—On June 10th, the Mercury Policy Project, a project of the Tides Center, settled […]
March 11, 2026
Pakistan’s Competition Commission called on to end manufacture & trade of mercury added skin whiteners Over 20 groups, including State of California and NYC, urge an end to toxic production at the source San Francisco, California. – Following up on the release last fall of a Zero Mercury Working Group […]
February 3, 2026
Ebay Sued for Not Warning About Mercury in Skin Lighteners Lawsuit alleges consumers were knowingly exposed to mercury without legally required warnings. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Mercury Policy Project, a project of the San Francisco Tides Center, filed a lawsuit against EBAY, INC. (eBay.com) late last week under California’s […]
January 6, 2026
Toxic Beauty: Confronting the Global Crisis of Skin Bleaching at UNEA-7 At the Seventh Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), a dedicated side event titled “Toxic Skin Bleaching: A Growing Global Health Threat” took place on 10 December 2025, bringing critical attention to the health, environmental and human rights impacts […]
November 7, 2025
Global Cops Called on to Investigate Illegal Production and Trade of Toxic Skin Lighteners Zero Mercury applauds Minamata Convention COP-6 decision on mercury-added cosmetics and mercury compounds Geneva, Switzerland—In a landmark decision, today the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP-6) of the Minamata Convention invited the Secretariat of the Minamata […]
