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🌿 Join Us in Creating a Toxic-Free World!    🔬 Webinar Alert: Dangerous Chemicals in Cosmetics - Challenges and Solutions for a toxic-free world    On a perilous path to achieve dubious beauty standards, skin-lightening products have emerged as a popular solution, promising a brighter, more flawless complexion. But Mercury compounds in skin-lightening cremes pose serious health risks. Join us as we unravel the dangers posed by these toxins to both adults and children – and look at the solutions.    🌱 Key Topics We'll Explore:  - The alarming presence of toxic chemicals like mercury in skin-lightening creams and their impact on human health.  - Pro-active and preventive measures to ensure the safety of our planet and its inhabitants.  - How we can challenge harmful beauty standards and promote positive change.    🔍 What to Expect: Discover successful strategies for regulating or banning harmful substances like mercury. We'll showcase the winning and shortlisted policies from the prestigious Future Policy Award 2023, featuring groundbreaking initiatives from Rwanda, Bangladesh, and the international level. And we’ll look at the underlying colourism.     🗓 Date & Time: 23 November 2:00 pm CET  🔗 Register now https://lnkd.in/euqhXwWt    🌍 The Future Policy Award 2023 has been searching for solutions to pave the way for a toxic-free world. In our upcoming webinar, we'll delve deep into the challenges posed by dangerous chemicals in cosmetics and unveil positive examples from innovative policy-making.    Minamata Convention on Mercury European Environmental Bureau Avipsa Mahapatra Ghurni Bhattacharya Kehkashan Basu, M.S.M. Umweltbundesamt - German Environment Agency Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection #ToxicFreeWorld #CosmeticsSafety #FuturePolicyAward #EnvironmentalHealth #TogetherWeCanChangeTheWorld #MakeMercuryHistory #Colorism #Colourism   

Dangerous Chemicals in Cosmetics - Challenges and Solutions for a toxic-free world | 23 November 2:00 pm CET

Dangerous Chemicals in Cosmetics - Challenges and Solutions for a toxic-free world | 23 November 2:00 pm CET

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