And the agency advises consumers to check product labels for ingredients containing mercury, such as mercurous chloride, calomel, mercuric, mercurio, and Hg. Exposure to mercury can cause skin ...

Serampore unit in an awareness programme on safety measures during Holi, has completely prohibited the use of chemical toxic colours and encouraged the use of organic colours.

The reduction of mercuric chloride to mercurous chloride by formates likewise offers no support for the aldehyde theory, since aldehydes in general, including formaldehyde, cannot effect this change.

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