| Updated Fri, April 21st 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3KEBS officials inspecting beauty products during a crackdown against illegal cosmetics. [David Gichuru, Standard]Kenya Bureau of Standards confiscated cosmetics and beauty products worth thousands of shillings in a new crackdown in River Road. Illegal products“These cosmetics contain hydroquinone, steroids, mercury and hydrogen peroxide and should not be sold in open markets,” said Rono. More than ten shops were affected and many illegal cosmetics impounded. He added that illegal cosmetics had become increasingly popular with several skin bleaching chemicals that people use without paying attention to the effects.

Source: Standard Digital April 20, 2017 20:15 UTC