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Old 09-10-2019, 09:08 PM
 
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A Sacramento woman has been hospitalized after using a skin cream from Mexico that was tainted with methylmercury, county officials said.

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacrame...exico/28983068
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Old 09-11-2019, 01:05 AM
 
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A Sacramento woman has been hospitalized after using a skin cream from Mexico that was tainted with methylmercury, county officials said.

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacrame...exico/28983068
The article said the methylmercury was supposedly added after purchase. Whatever that means. If the cream wasn't contaminated during manufacture or at the original store maybe she bought some sort of modified cream to lighten skin and remove age spots from a third party? How desperate is that?
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Old 09-12-2019, 01:12 PM
 
Location: As of 2022….back to SoCal. OC this time!
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A Sacramento woman has been hospitalized after using a skin cream from Mexico that was tainted with methylmercury, county officials said.

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacrame...exico/28983068
Why did she buy a skin cream from Mexico?
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