Indian cultures and traditions have used sindoor or vermilion – a red coloured powder – since time immemorial. Be it weddings, festivals or religious rituals – sindoor is always a part of occasions. Most married Women always use it in middle of their scalp in above fore head area daily to signify their marital status with a pray of longevity and good health of their husband.Ancient culture says it is mercury rich and reduce the heat of brain by evaporating heat But is it safe in modern time?
A study conducted by researchers in the US have negated the safety of the product, saying that some manufacturers use lead tetroxide to give it a distinctive red color unlike in past it was made from plant resource only as organic color now. Of the 118 sindoor samples tested in the study, 95 were from South Asian stores in New Jersey. Another 23 came from stores in Mumbai and New Delhi, in India.…
