The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) has been investigating mercury-added skin lightening products (SLPs) for several years, primarily due to their health risks, their illegality under many national laws, and the prohibition by the Minamata Convention on Mercury against the manufacture and trade of mercury-added SLPs, which generally became eff
The Ministry of Ayush on September 23, 2021 has issued Draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
The Ministry of Ayush on July 02, 2021, has issued a Notification to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, and the new Rules called as the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021. The amended Rule will come into force on the date of their final publication.
The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy on 17th March 2021 has published the Draft Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
The State Government has now banned e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) like e-Sheesha, e-hookah and heat-not-burn tobacco device.
The federal government has passed a law preventing Australian companies from relying on data from animal testing for ingredients to be used solely in cosmetics.
Fake products are sold in the grey market and attract customers with big brand names but low pricing, more and more customers are falling into this trap.
To prevent indiscriminate sale of topical preparations containing steroids and antibiotics without prescription, the Health Ministry has banned over-the-counter sale of around 14 such creams.
Chennai: A bitter battle between age-old rivals is brewing on social media. The contestants: Sceptical allopaths and combative Siddha practitioners. The referee: A defensive state government.
