Heavy metal in cosmetics and its risk to future generation in remote area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Trarkhel District Sudhnoti
Hafsa Bashir, Ahmed B M Ibrahim, Hussain Ullah, Shazia Anwar, Taj Ur Rehman, Zarif Gul, Bushra Iqbal, Syed Abidullah, M Khairy, M A Habib · 2025
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Hafsa Bashir and co-authors test cosmetics for toxic metals in a 2025 study from a remote district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Makeup and creams can carry heavy metals, as added ingredients or as impurities. Data for the Trarkhel area were lacking, so the team sampled branded and local products sold there. The concern reaches beyond the wearer, since metals can pass risks to children and future births.
Remote, poorer regions often escape the safety checks that guard city markets. Local and unbranded goods may carry the highest loads. Measuring what is actually on sale grounds the debate in numbers rather than fear. The results can press for testing and labeling where oversight is thin.
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| CREATOR | Hafsa Bashir, Ahmed B M Ibrahim, Hussain Ullah, Shazia Anwar, Taj Ur Rehman, Zarif Gul, Bushra Iqbal, Syed Abidullah, M Khairy, M A Habib |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |