U.S. woman hospitalized after using facial cream tainted with mercury

A Sacramento woman has been hospitalized after using a facial cream tainted with methylmercury, the Sacramento County Department of Health Services said in a news release. The woman is currently in a semicomatose state after using a Pond's-labelled skin cream she obtained through an informal network that imported the cream from Mexico, the health services department said. "The mercury was not added by the Pond's manufacturer, but by a third party after purchase," the news release said. Methylmer