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See also Health Protection Agency, ‘Illegal skin lightening creams and health’, http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1279888791327, last accessed 28 January 2014; Thames Valley Police ‘Dangerous cosmetics: Mercury in skin lightening products’, 30 November 2012, https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/da/29138/ Dangerous_Cosmetics_-_important_information_from_Trading_Standards.html, last accessed 30 January 2014; and Trading Standards Institute, ‘Skin lightening and underage sales court cases’, http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/extra/news-item.cfm/newsid/999, last accessed 28 January 2014.
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Phoenix, A. colourism and the politics of beauty. Fem Rev 108, 97–105 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2014.18
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