| USA TODAY AD NAMES BAD ACTOR COSMETICS COMPANIES September 24th, 2004 A full-page advertisement in USA Today challenges cosmetics companies to come clean about whether they plan to remove toxic chemicals that are banned in the European Union from products sold on American shelves. The advertisement was placed by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of US health and environmental groups. |
| NEW PRODUCT TESTS FINGER TOXIC LIPSTICKS July 15th, 2004 New product tests have found phthalates, which are known to cause birth defects in laboratory animals, for the first time in two popular brands of lipstick, Moon Drops Lipstick by Revlon and Lipfinity Paint by Max Factor. |
| SKIN DEEP: ARE UNTESTED CHEMICALS HIDING IN YOUR MAKE-UP? June 7th, 2004 Most Americans assume cosmetics are studied and found safe before they are sold to the public. But thousands of personal care products are put on the market without any safety tests by the Food and Drug Administration. |
| ARE CHEMICALS HIDING IN YOUR MAKEUP? June 7th, 2004 Most cosmetics and other personal care products sold in the U.S. contain chemicals that have never been assessed for safety, according to a computer-assisted investigation by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). |
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