The global skin-lightening market is worth over $10 billion and growing, but the unregulated products driving it contain ...

The women have been warned that the drugs can cause birth defects and damage the babies' limbs. The pills work by creating chemical reactions that reduce the secretion of hormones that darken the skin ...

Skin whitening is a major industry around the world, including in the U.S., but it is endemic in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. It's rooted in colonial-era beauty standards that see brighter ...