24 Mar 2025 Press release Chemicals & waste

'I scarred my six children by using skin-lightening creams'

BBC

A mother in northern Nigeria is visibly upset as she clutches her two-year-old child, who has burns and discoloured skin on his face and legs.

The 32-year-old used skin-whitening products on all six of her children, under pressure from her family, with results that she now deeply regrets.

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