Health

Amazon pulls skin-lightening creams from site after demands from Minnesota activists

A woman gives a stack of papers to another woman in front of a warehouse.
From left, Mary Blitzer of the Sierra Club gives a petition of over 23,000 signatures to Amira Adawe of the BeautyWell Project as they deliver it to the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Shakopee on Wednesday. The two nonprofit groups launched a campaign for Amazon and eBay to stop selling toxic skin-lightening creams that contain mercury.
Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News