After using the ointment, the woman experienced symptoms related to lead poisoning and died. The Vietnamese product, in a small, round green container, is called Cao Bôi Trĩ Cây Thầu Dầu ...

A California woman was hospitalized after using a skin cream that was tainted with mercury and is now in a semi-comatose state.. The Sacramento County Department of Health announced in a release ...

A Sacramento woman has been hospitalized for mercury poisoning and is in a “semi-comatose state” after using an altered skin cream imported from Mexico, prompting the county health department ...

SACRAMENTO (CNN) -- 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.