How safe are your beauty products?
Check the list of phthalate containing
and phthalate free
beauty products listed
here
and see if your brand is mentioned.
What you put on your skin
is absorbed by your body.
Even if it says "Natural"
be sure to read the label!
"Chemicals
linked to birth defects can stay in cosmetics,"
says Cosmetic
Industry Safety Panel
Most people are surprised to learn
that the government neither
conducts nor requires safety testing
of chemicals that go into health
and beauty products.
A panel funded and advised by the
cosmetic industry determined that
cosmetic companies can continue
to add reproductive toxins known as
phthalates to cosmetics marketed
to women of childbearing age.....
Read the rest of this article and
find out more by visiting the
Environmental
Working Group website.
For your Information....
"Are
Your Beauty Products Killing You?"
By Matthew Wheeland, AlterNet.org
A new report linking birth defects
and health risks with a chemical used in
trendy cosmetics, gives a long overdue
wake-up call to the FDA,
consumers and the beauty industry.
The
Ugly Side of Pretty
By Rebecca Ephraim, Dragonfly Media
Emerging science suggests that untold
numbers of cosmetics and personal care
ingredients may be silently and
insidiously promoting cancer, ravaging women's
reproductive functions and causing
birth defects.
Is
Your Lipstick Safe?
By Anuja Mendiratta, Ms. Magazine
Personal care and hygiene products
from toothpaste to eyeshadow contain
thousands of largely unregulated
chemicals that could pose serious
damage to your health.
Is
Make-up Making You Sick?
The Hidden Dangers on Your Bathroom
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