And so my mom saw it, saw it normalized and just saw it was the thing to do," said Stephanie Yeboah, a British Ghanaian author. Yeboah started using skin whitening creams at 14 years old.

Skin lightening products can be dangerous for consumers when they contain harmful ingredients that are illegal for over-the-counter sales, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned.

Skin whitening products containing high levels of mercury continue to be sold on the world's biggest e-commerce platforms, including websites run by eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, a new report by the ...

And with thousands of stores across the world selling and promoting skin lightening products, it is no wonder the skin bleaching industry is estimated to be worth over $8.9 million by 2024, with a ...

According to an eye-opening article in The New York Times, over-the-counter skin lightening creams like Fair & White can cause disturbing side-effects.

An investigation into skin-lightening products sold online found mercury in nearly half of products tested. Federal law and an international treaty restrict the use of mercury in cosmetics to 1 ppm.

Concerned that 15 skin-lightening creams containing dangerous levels of toxic chemicals were readily available on Amazon, she partnered with the Sierra Club to gather 25,000 signatures and ...

The government in Nigeria is warning about the health risks of skin lightening, where potent chemicals can thin and damage skin. It's a booming business in that country and others.

LONDON— Unilever PLC UL -0.88% said it would change the name of controversial skin-lightening cream Fair & Lovely, one of its top-selling personal-care brands, amid mounting criticism that it ...