Toxicidad por metilmercurio

Sacramento Woman Rendered Comatose By Skin-Lightening Cream With Methylmercury, CDC Says

CNN (12/26, Andrew) reports on its website that a woman in Sacramento "was poisoned by a skin-lightening cream, rendering her comatose" in the first instance "of methylmercury poisoning linked to a skin cream in the US," according to a case study from the CDC. The article says that the woman purchased the product from Mexico, and testing by health officials revealed it contained 12,000 ppm of methylmercury far above the US limit of 1 ppm.

        The San Francisco Chronicle (12/25, Allday) reported the "woman was seriously and permanently injured by using a skin-lightening cream from Mexico that was tainted with" methylmercury. The article adds that there has not been a case of methylmercury poisoning in the US in 50 years.

        Newsweek (12/24, Lemieux) and HealthDay (12/24, Preidt) also covered the story.

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Skin Care Physicians of Costa Rica

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