New Delhi: Recently, US based researchers have warned that Sindoor, a traditional red coloured cosmetic powder usually worn by married Hindu women, being sold in the US and India could have unsafe levels of lead. Of the 118 sindoor samples tested, 80% had at least some lead and nearly a third contained levels above the limit set by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Sindoor, also popularly known as kumkum in the southern part of India, is commonly used by all married Hindu women as it signifies the sacred bond of marriage. Indian women used sindoor in their hair-parting (maang) and as a dot on the forehead. It is one of the 16 adornments (solah shringar) in Hinduism. Aside from this, it’s also being applied by the men in form of ‘Tilak’ on their forehead.
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