CNN EXCLUSIVE: Face, body and hair products still contain hazardous chemicals despite progress

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Mercury found in some beauty products can enter the bloodstream, the brain and breastmilk 3:21

In an episode of “The Pitt,” a hospital drama on HBO Max, a young TikTok beauty influencer named Nandi is found roaming the streets of New York, walking dangerously into traffic while screaming at cars and people.

(HBO Max is owned by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.)

Nandi is experiencing severe insomnia, tremors and psychosis, and her quickly deteriorating condition bewilders the emergency room staff. Finally, an enterprising resident finds she has mercury poisoning from an unusual source — an imported facial moisturizer she promotes in her v