Toxic face creams dumped in SA

South Africa has become a dumping ground for dodgy skin lighteners, which have increasingly become must-have cosmetics for women desperate to be fair-skinned. Professor Nonhlanhla Khumalo, head of dermatology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, warned this week that skin products containing harmful mercury and hydroquinone are flooding the market from India, Central Africa, the UK and US.