An aggressive enforcement of the product safety laws and the imposition of fines and penalties on violators, coupled with sustained public information on the dangers of mercury and the consequences of continued use of contaminated cosmetics, will help turn the tide, she said, adding we also need to instill among our people to embrace our natural skin tone. The World Health Organization (WHO) had earlier stated that to stop the manufacture, import and export of skin lightening products in line with the Minamata Convention on Mercury, regulatory actions by governments are needed including training of customs agents as well as major media and advocacy campaigns. The group purchased the 4K Plus 5X Whitening Night Cream from a Quezon City-based online seller for P417, and screened it for mercury using a handheld Olympus M Vanta Series X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) chemical analyzer

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