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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against the use of some 41 cosmetic products which contain harmful substances including mercury, hydroquinone and steroids. The FDA has also directed the producers of the harmful products to recall them from the market. The directive issued by the FDA after investigations on the Ghanaian market revealed that the cosmetic products contain some harmful substances which violate the Standards Authority Act, 1973 (N.R.C.D.1 173) as well as sections 111 (c) and 113 (b) of the Public Health Act, 2012, Act 851. "The companies whose products contain these substances (mercury, hydroquinone and steroids) have been directed to initiate an immediate recall of their products from the market as they pose a potential health risk," the FDA said in a statement signed by its Head Communications and Public Education Department, James Lartey. "These substances are not permitted in cosmetic products due to their adverse side e...

The unscrupulous activities of some residents around the Kumasi Airport enclave is affecting safe flights operations, according to Management of the Ghana Airports Authority. "Our attention has been drawn by the pilots who fly in and out of Kumasi to the burning of tyres on the airport land by unscrupulous individuals", head of the Regional Airports Directorate, Kwadwo Abrefa Sarkodie bemoaned in a statement. The director therefore warned the general public to desist from this unscrupulous activities to enhance flying and landing of flights safely as the place still remains security zone. "In the interest of safety and security of the travelling public, we seek your assistant to stop the tyres burning activities", Mr. Kwadwo Abrefa Sarkodie appealed to residents of Aboabo, Asawasse, Asokore Mampong and it environs. Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in the Ashanti Region has vowed to stop the bad practices of the residents bef...