STUDY: Skin-Lightening Practices and Mercury Exposure in the Somali Community, by AMIRA ADAWE

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Found this study recently and it's very interesting.

Somali women often use creams and soaps to lighten skin tone, fade freckles or get rid of age spots. Use of these products raises a health concern, as some have been found to contain mercury. This article describes an investigation that involved interviewing Somali women about skin-lightening practices and the products they use and then testing those products for mercury. Twenty-seven samples of products purchased at markets in Minneapolis and St. Paul were analyzed by the Minnesota Department of Health for specific mercury levels. Eleven of the 27 (47%) were found to contain mercury. Some exceeded the current FDA threshold of 1 part per million. This has prompted both state and federal health officials to issue warnings about the use of these products.

http://www.thebeautywell.org/wp-con...ury-Exposure-in-the-Somali-Community-copy.pdf
 
"Most Somali women believe lighter skin is more beautiful than darker skin. They see having light skin as more socially acceptable and believe it will increase their chances of finding a husband."
 

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FOBS and older women yes but not 2nd generation somali women. It's very easy to tell if a woman bleaches.
 
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