- Sindoor, bindis are not safe
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12/04/1998
Ladies beware! Your sindoor and bindis might contain toxic substances. Sindoor contains harmful lead oxide and kumkum contains mercury sulphide -both of which are highrly toxic compounds, Mumbai based Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI) says. These two compounds have been listed as poisonous substances in Schedule E (1) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules under the tradtional system of medicine, CGSI says in its newsletter Keemat.