Summary
Thousands of skincare and healthcare products are available to us on e-commerce platforms. Reports note that despite multiple enforcement crackdowns, the sale of counterfeit products online is persisting. What are the odds of us purchasing a counterfeit product? In this episode of Talking Point, host Munah Bagharib puts the products she purchased online to the test. How dangerous are counterfeit skincare products? How can we differentiate between authentic and counterfeit products? What is being done to curb their sales online?
From testing the products in a laboratory, to speaking with anti-counterfeiting experts, she investigates how easy it is to access counterfeit products. She also brings the results of her laboratory testing to a dermatologist to find out the dangers of using counterfeit products, and to the Health Sciences Authority to understand how enforcement agencies work to combat counterfeits.
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