Get To Know Your Ingredients: Hydroquinone

21May10

Hydroquinone Can also be listed as: 1,4-BENZENEDIOL; 1,4-DIHYDROXYBENZENE; P-DIOXYBENZENE; 4-HYDROXYPHENOL; P-HYDROXYPHENOL; 1,4BENZENEDIOL; 1,4-BENZENEDIOL; 1,4-DIHYDROXY-BENZEEN (DUTCH) ; 1,4-DIHYDROXY-BENZOL (GERMAN) ; 1,4-DIHYDROXYBENZEN (CZECH) ; 1,4-DIHYDROXYBENZENE Hydroquinone is an organic compound used in skin lightening creams.  The FDA has recognized hydroquinone as harmful and proposed a ban of using the chemical in over-the-counter products in 2006.  Despite the […]

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