The Ministry of Health in Ivory Coast has introduced new legal regulations affecting the importation of cosmetics containing skin lightening ingredient, hydroquinone. Due to cancer concerns linked to the ingredient, the Ministry has issued a legal mandate that all...

Women herders in Kenya's semi-arid Laikipia County have broken with tradition to export aloe leaves to European cosmetics firms to boost their incomes. Three hundred women in El Poloi have switched from the age-old occupation of goat-keeping to the far more lucrative...

Saudia Arabia chemical manufacturer Sabic has launched a new range of non-phthalate polymers, which can be used in feminine hygiene products and flexible packaging. The products have been developed at the company’s technology centre in Riyadh to fill national and...