Pregnant Women Warned Against Baby Skin Bleaching Pills
Image: Young African American Woman Pregnant isolated on a black backgroundPregnant women need to be careful.
There is a growing trend in Ghana that’s worrying.
Apparently, during pregnancy, pregnant women take various dangerous pills. Most of these pills are to lighten the skin of their unborn babies while they are still in the womb.
Furthermore, medical experts say these illegal drugs can cause birth defects. Moreover, these defects include damage to limbs and internal organs.
Statement from Food and Drugs Authority about pregnant women bleaching
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says using Glutathione pills for this purpose is dangerous. Also, it wants
“the general public needs to know that no product has been approved by the FDA in the form of a tablet to lighten the skin of the unborn child”.
The practice is growing in Ghana. Also, according to the FDA, these pills are often smuggled into the country inside luggage at airports in large quantities.
Moreover, FDA hasn’t gathered comprehensive data.
However, the body says market surveillance and stakeholder activity have helped to reveal the trend among women across socio-economic divides.
Therefore, security agencies and police are working together to arrest and prosecute companies and individuals in possession of the illegal tablets.
