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- India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) issued an alert banning Goree Beauty Cream and Chandni Whitening Cream on September 8 2026.
- The creams were sold through unregulated beauty parlours and local markets, exposing enforcement gaps.
- Doctors in Nagpur identified at least 18 women and girls with kidney abnormalities linked to the creams.
- Laboratory tests found mercury levels 100–105 times the safe limit in both products.