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Researchers tested 118 samples of sindoor, a scarlet- coloured powder that is used by women to place a bindi, or red dot, cosmetically on their foreheads (Photo: AP)

Vermillion may harm due to unsafe lead levels in it, says study

The substance is known to contain lead and other heavy metals with risk of kidney, hepatic, skin disorders.

20 Sept 2017 7:48 PM IST

Some manufacturers use lead tetroxide to give it a distinctive red color (Photo: PTI)

'Sindoor' powder sold in India and US could have unsafe levels of lead

83 percent of the U.S. samples and 78 percent of the samples from India had at least 1 microgram of lead per gram of...

29 Aug 2017 10:35 AM IST