A mom lost vision from apparent mercury in beauty products like skin lightening cream, putting her family at mercury poisoning risk, experts said.
The woman, whose name has been concealed in the report to protect her identity, was referred to Batdorff's team after she reported an array of symptoms to multiple doctors, ranging from insomnia and leg pain to muscle weakness, fatigue and, eventually, the loss of her peripheral vision. Clinical tests revealed elevated levels of mercury in her blood and urine.
At that time, the agency did not consider the levels of mercury in her home to be a concern, but over the course of a year, the mother had increasingly elevated levels of mercury in her body, the case report states. Background mercury levels below 200 nanograms per cubic meter are not considered a concern, Gilkeson explained. But the children's bedrooms recorded levels of up to 400 ng/m3 and their towels read up to 600 mg/m3, according to the case report.
Beauty products containing mercury remain easily accessible in local malls and markets throughout the US and through online retailers, say experts, helped by the fact they fail to list mercury as an ingredient. Batdorff and other experts are calling for greater awareness, regular testing of products and stricter enforcement of regulations to help combat the problem.
"With inorganic mercury it's that chronic long-term exposure that concerns me the most," said Batdorff. "It's more subtle but ends up building up in our system and is hard to eliminate, especially when it gets into the brain ... and once mercury has crossed over into the brain and our nervous system, it can cause a lot of different side effects."
Previous data from the MDH has found Somali, Latina and Hmong populations in Minnesota -- who are among the largest cultural communities in the state -- to be at particular risk from mercury exposure in beauty products.
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