Poisoning -- United States
Health officials in Northern California issued a warning on Tuesday [10 Sep 2019] after a tainted skin cream imported from Mexico left a Sacramento woman in a semi-comatose state.
The Pond's-labeled skin cream was found to have been contaminated with methylmercury, a hazardous substance causing severe illness and is "extremely dangerous to adults and children," according to a news release on Sacramento County's website.
The woman obtained the cream -- which is used to lighten skin and
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6669758&promed&0
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