August 14, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Poshmark Sued for Selling Mercury-added Skin Lighteners Lawsuit alleges consumers were exposed to mercury without legally required warnings San Francisco, CA—On August 10, 2026, the Mercury Policy Project (MPP), a project of the Tides Center, filed a lawsuit against Poshmark Inc. under California’s Safe Drinking Water […]
June 22, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Bender, mercurypolicy@gmail.com Online Pakistan Stores in USA Urged to Stop Selling Illegal Mercury-added Skin Lighteners Companies out of compliance with NY AG’s October 7, 2025 ‘cease & desist notifications” N.Y., N.Y., June 22, 2026—Mercury watchdog groups are calling on two New York businesses to remove […]
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 […]
