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UK finds 20+ mercury skin-bleaching products on Temu, TikTok, Amazon

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC · How we work

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Amazon, Temu and TikTok Shop list more than 20 mercury-containing skin-bleaching products in the United Kingdom and other markets.
Regulators, companies and multinational groups have coordinated for years to remove such products from shelves and websites.
Over 150 nations are parties to the 2013 Minamata Convention that bans mercury-containing product manufacture, import and sale.
Sellers on e-commerce sites conceal origins, then re-list removed products under misleading names or different sellers.

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Story summary

Amazon, Temu and TikTok Shop list more than 20 mercury-containing skin-bleaching products in the United Kingdom and other markets.
Regulators, companies and multinational groups have coordinated for years to remove such products from shelves and websites.
Over 150 nations are parties to the 2013 Minamata Convention that bans mercury-containing product manufacture, import and sale.
Sellers on e-commerce sites conceal origins, then re-list removed products under misleading names or different sellers.