Antimony Poisoning due to Holi Colors

The temperature of the city is dipping down to its max depth, and all the merchants who are into Holi color business, are running from pillar to post to accumulate enough stock of Holi color powder for this season of Holi. In the month of March with the advance of spring people of India will celebrate Holi, the world famous festival of color, sweets and joy.

On the auspicious day of Holi, everybody in India and all those people in the world who belong to India will immerse themselves into the sea of color, sweet, joy and celebration. Everywhere in India, irrespective of the caste and creed, you can see people from all races of life, submerged into all type of colors. They don’t bother who are they playing color with, and who is playing color with them, they just play color. To read more please click here

Chromium Toxicity Associated With Holi Colors

As the winters are passing by, India is preparing itself for the colorful month of Holi. Holi is a festival which is celebrated across the length and width of the country with same enthusiasm and happiness. People smear each other in all types of colors available to them. Now a day, due to synthetic colors people are exposed to harmful chemicals present in the ingredients of Holi Colors.

One of such notorious ingredient is Chromium, which is mostly used in manufacturing purple color.
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Lead Poisoning by Holi Colors

It's December mid in India, and all the people are preparing for the next big festival of the country,"Holi". During holi people play lots of color and enjoy good time with their family and friends. Color brings happiness in our mind and cheerfulness in our life. But due to huge demand in the markets, and shrinking time limits, people are manufacturing synthetic colors for Holi. Synthetic colors are made of cheap quality minerals, dyes and fragrances, which many times became harmful to people.

One of the biggest culprit of color poisoning is Lead(Pb). Lead is a highly toxic metal and a very strong poison. It is found in lead-based paints, including paint on the walls of old houses and toys. To read more click here