Here's why one African country is banning skin bleaching products

Caterina Werner/AP Skin bleaching continues to be an unpleasant issue across the Caribbean, African, and Asian countries; However, the West African country Ghana is doing something about it. Ghana is waging war against the multi-billion dollar skin-bleaching industry with a fresh and strict legislation. The Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana has issued a ban on the importation of all products which contain the skin-lightening chemical hydroquinone. The ban on skin bleaching creams followed that o...