By Chioma Obinna

LAGOS—The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, expressed concern over the alarming use of bleaching creams and skin whitening agents.

NAFDAC also warned that such chemicals, aside from causing cancer, could lead to psychiatric and kidney problems.

It equally warned against the continued use of banned chemicals by unscrupulous cosmetics manufacturers.

Reading what seemed like a riot act in Lagos during the first NAFDAC’s Good Manufacturing Practice, GMP, training for cosmetics and medical devices manufacturers in Lagos, Director-General of the agency, Dr. Paul Orhii, said the use of glutathione intravenous as a skin whitener was unsafe and might result in serious consequences, including cancer.

He expressed concern that the urge to satisfy customers’ ever-increasing demands and the bid to make profits had driven some cosmetics manu-facturers into experimenting with raw materials with little or no safety records.

Orhii vowed that the agency would not hesitate to shut down any company, which failed to comply with good manufacturing practice or caught with the banned chemicals.

He said: “Skin bleaching is a cosmetic treatment to reduce the prominence of skin discolourations and even out skin colour.

“Some people apply skin lightener to their entire body to change their complexion, but this can be very risky. The active ingredient in some skin lighteners is mercury and so bleaching can lead to mercury poisoning.”

Cc:Lalasticlala


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Mhmm..

NAFDAC ban & arrest anybody found guilt of such.. Even the users sef!

It's terrible seeing yellow woman with yellow husband born black pikin

wey dem fair face and black narsh gals dey

Of late.... Bleaching is becoming a norm among the ladies... Where every lady is now light skinned and always getting the needed attentions in the public...

Thanks to NAFDAC...!

Alao A. must hear this.......on my way to O. state

#team natural

team naturally fair#

Naturally..is the key.

Hpe they listen

Introvert and LadyF should take not.

what our ladies are doing to their self in the name of fashion and beauty is unimaginable.

Woah!

Aka fanta, okpa coke.....BEWARE

#blackisbeauty

How to know if your girl friend or wife to be uses bleaching cream...
Step 1: Ask her or find out her facebook name
Step 2: log into your account on facebook
Step3: search for her fb page then send her a friend request
Step4: after she accepts your friend request go to her page and view the first picture she ever uploaded on fb and then compare it with the most recent picture.

Thank me later

Black is beautiful.... I hate people bleaching
Fanta Face....Coca cola legs...

When u beached , u are telling God that he didn't do a great job in creating u the way u are.

As patoranking rightly said " kilode ten BORA". Do dey bleach dat side too? awon were

damton:
what our ladies are doing to their self in the name of fashion and beauty is unimaginable.

no be u guys dhey cause am!

These ladies don't know how disgusting they look in their "colour-riot" skins

Pls ban all bleaching creams in nigeria. Enough is enough!

Segadem:
no be u guys dhey cause am!

.Shey na we dey dress dem up.

Kk

#team: blackisbeautifulforever# am black and proud of it.

Would you like to kill cancer cells in your body in order to stop further spreading, then PM me ASAP

Would you like to kill cancer cells in your body in order to stop further spreading, then PM me ASAP

its all about beauty.....

Yellow fever, you dey bleach oo, you dey bleach..

NAFDAC is saying it now and they will not want to listen. when the bad thing will happen they will go on air and start begging for money to fly abroad for treatment. this is to Nollywood actresses most especially Yoruba actresses, dey can even bleach a black goat to turn white.

I hope those Yoruba actresses are listening

Some people will still find a way to make this topic about those from the west.