March 21, 2025
EEB/ ZMWG Feedback to the Call for Evidence on the Evaluation of the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation
Today, the European Environmental Bureau, supported Zero Mercury Working Group, submitted input to the call for evidence on the evaluation of the Cosmetics Products Regulation (CPR), with a focus on the ban of mercury and its compounds in cosmetics, the digital transition, and mercury-related exemptions. The CPR has played a […]
January 23, 2025
Jeudi 23 janvier 2025 Libreville, Gabon— Le mercredi 22 janvier 2025, des ministres ont adopté une déclaration appelant à éliminer les produits éclaircissants pour la peau contenant du mercure [1]. Des organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) d’Afrique et du monde entier ont salué cet appel de haut niveau visant à éliminer […]
January 23, 2025
Thursday 23 January 2025 Libreville, Gabon—On Wednesday 22nd January, 2025, Ministers adopted a declaration calling for the elimination of mercury-added skin lightening products [1]. Non-government organisations from Africa and across the globe applauded the Ministers high level call to zero out mercury in skin whitening products. “We applaud Gabon for […]
December 23, 2024
The United Nations Environment Programme, Global Mercury Partnership and its area of work on mercury-added products, is seeking inputs from online platforms related to mercury-added skin-lightening products being sold online. Mercury added cosmetics, including skin lightening products, are banned from manufacture, import and export by international treaty Minamata Convention on […]
October 17, 2024
Exposure to harmful chemicals, including mercury, claims the lives of over 1.5 million people globally each year. As research shows, the overwhelming majority among them are women. Such an imbalance reveals yet another dark dimension of gender inequality that puts lives of the female part of the population at a constant unnecessary […]
