California woman dies after using toxic, lead-filled hemorrhoid cream
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California health officials are warning the public about a Vietnamese hemorrhoid ointment that is laced with a "highly dangerous amount of lead" and has killed a Sacramento woman. California Health Department officials said in a written statement that the woman purchased the Vietnamese product in March through Facebook. A relative then shipped it to her from Vietnam. After using the ointment, the woman experienced symptoms related to lead poisoning and died. The Vietnamese product, in a small,...

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