RICHTVXNEWS
Mercury, lead and methanol found in counterfeit beauty products seized across UK
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Copies of popular cosmetics and skincare products more likely to contain toxic substances, Trading Standards warns Mercury, lead and methanol have been found in counterfeit beauty products seized across the UK, Trading Standards has said. There is a rising problem with fake beauty products, with scammers selling…
- CODE
- RT-30487A
- PUBLISHER
- The Guardian
- TOPIC
- World
- PUBLISHED
- 30 October 2026 · 13:05 UTC
- FIRST SEEN
- 30 October 2026 · 13:30 UTC
- ORIGINAL
- https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/oct/30/mercury-lead-methanol-counterfeit-beauty-products-seized-uk
- SHA-256
- 5f1fb1572fe9f4db11303d2bedf5a90fc054b3644e3907fdcdb0e028176eee1a
The fingerprint is the SHA-256 of the original link, the headline and the publication time joined by “|”. Anyone can recompute it to confirm the headline and link were not changed here.
Headline and short excerpt from The Guardian, taken from its public news feed. The full story and its photos belong to The Guardian — read it at the original. RICHTVX NEWS is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with The Guardian. Corrections: legal@richtvx.news.