New treaty allows mercury in your mascara (but not other stuff, so wooo?)

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By hrichmondOct 22, 2013, 10:33 am72 pts
Caitlin Childs Mercury’s bad! (Other than Freddie.) That’s why the UN is outlawing it in your thermometers, light bulbs, and batteries, because DANGER and health risks and environmental hazards. But if you want to keep applying mercury directly to your eyes, THAT’s cool. If that does not compute,…

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