QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MERCURY AND HYDROQUINONE CONTENT IN WHITENING CREAMS CIRCULATING IN BALIKPAPAN

Whitening cream is a preparation or mixture of ingredients used on the outside body to brighten change color skin, resulting in clean and white skin. Many people, particularly women, use cosmetics improve appearance their one which whitening cream. producers saw this opportunity added mercury hydroquinone increase number consumers because product will be cheaper provide faster results skin with these ingredients. This study aims conduct qualitative analysis creams circulating Balikpapan. To achieve goal, four samples A, B, C, D were analyzed using KI test method, flame test, reagent method determine presence hydroquinone.The findings content city Balikpapan revealed that three samples, namely D, known contain two (samples A D) hydroquinone.