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| Author shares the dangers of lipsticks, face creams and Brazilian Blowouts by Shandra Martinez, M Live March 20th, 2012 Spend a few minutes listening to Stacy Malkan, and you’re likely to toss your lipstick and deodorant in the trash, along with a lot of the other beauty products fighting for space in your bathroom cabinets. |
| Hair Salons Still Putting Workers' Health At Risk with Brazilian Blowout by Virginia Sole-Smith, The Investigative Fund March 20th, 2012 Even though public health officials have issued such warnings, though salon workers and consumers have reported health consequences, and the courts have demanded more than $5 million in fines, Brazilian Blowout remains in salons and on the head of many a beauty consumer, because no government agency, including the FDA, has the authority to issue a recall. |
| Styling Practices Can Lead to Serious Hair and Scalp Diseases for African Americans NewsWise March 19th, 2012 Styling practices can lead to serious hair and scalp diseases for some African Americans, says Henry Ford Hospital dermatologist Diane Jackson-Richards, M.D. |
| FDA to hold public cosmetic regulation cooperation meeting by Michelle Yeomans, Cosmetics Design March 19th, 2012 The Food and Drug Administration has announced it will hold a public meeting to discuss the international cooperation on cosmetic regulations before its upcoming committee meeting in Rockville, Maryland in July. |
| The secret ingredient for better, safer beauty products by Jessica Rubino, New Hope 360 March 16th, 2012 New European research shows promise for organic agricultural waste as a long-term, sustainable solution to synthetic surfactants used in cleaning and personal care products. |
| “Little Changes” {review and giveaway} Captain Fussybuckets blog March 16th, 2012 Let me start by saying this is a book review. WAIT! STOP!! Keep reading! If you have never read a single post I've ever written, or you're not big into reading (like me), let this be one post to read. Bookmark it and come back. It's that important! |
| Is It Safe to Play Yet? by Michael Tortorello, New York Times March 14th, 2012 Laura MacCleery was four months pregnant when she parked herself on the couch and started an inventory of the chemicals in her Alexandria, Va., town house. |
| Get the Lead Out (of Lipstick) by Mia Davis, Crazy Sexy Life March 14th, 2012 A $25 tube of department store lipstick should be safe, right? You might assume it is safer than $2 drugstore brand. Not necessarily... |
| Perms Linked to Uterine Fibroid Tumors and Early Puberty by Brande Victorian, Madame Noire March 9th, 2012 A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology definitely adds a point to the #TeamNatural tally with a published paper from researchers at Boston University linking hair relaxers to uterine fibroid tumors in women and early puberty in young girls. |
| Study Highlights Hidden Dangers In Everyday Products -- Even The "Green" Ones by Amy Westervelt, Forbes March 8th, 2012 A first-of-its-kind, peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Health Perspectives today reveals an alarming number of unlabeled chemicals of concern in commonly used household and personal care products. |
| Mercury found in lotions and cosmetics, says FDA; products are often sold in ethnic neighborhoods and online
by Lindsay Goldwert, New York Daily News March 7th, 2012 Women are being warned to stay away from beauty products that contain a toxic ingredient — mercury. |
| Skin products tainted with mercury CNN Health March 6th, 2012 The Food and Drug Administration is cautioning consumers that skin creams, beauty and antiseptic soaps and lotions contaminated with mercury have been found in at least 7 states. |
| Maker of a Hair-Straightening Product Settles Lawsuit by Andrew Martin, New York Times March 5th, 2012 The manufacturer of the popular hair-straightening product Brazilian Blowout, the subject of government inquiries and health complaints, said on Monday that it had agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for about $4.5 million. |
| Cosmetic chemical hinders brain development in tadpoles Brown University March 1st, 2012 A new study finds that low concentrations of a chemical found in cosmetics has subtle but measurable negative effects on the neural development of tadpoles. |
| Brazilian Blowout Consumer Alert ABC News - WCVB 5 March 1st, 2012 Do salons know "Brazilian Blowouts" contain a form of formaldehyde? Good Morning America used a hidden camera to find out. |
| Lead in lipstick: Are natural cosmetic brands at risk? by Jessica Rubino, New Hope 360 February 29th, 2012 A 2007 study on lead in lipstick revealed a dirty little secret about cosmetics, and a recently released U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) follow up proves that the industry has yet to clean up heavy metal contamination. Lead still taints hundreds of lipsticks—including natural ones. But who’s to blame? |
| It’s All in the Kiss: The Tricky Love Affair of Lead and Lipstick
by Kelly Hamilton, Green Answers February 24th, 2012 A series of recent news articles has been painting the cosmetics industry in a less than appealing light, raising an alarm with consumer protection and rights groups who are now asking that the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set limits on how much lead can be found in cosmetics. |
| Tester to FDA: Protect women from lipstick lead Senator Jon Tester's Office February 23rd, 2012 Senator Jon Tester is raising concerns about the rising levels of lead in lipstick, and wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ramp up efforts to protect women and children from lead exposure. |
| J&J CEO steps down by Andrew McDougall, Cosmetics Design February 22nd, 2012 Johnson & Johnson CEO Bill Weldon has announced his retirement and will be succeeded by Alex Gorsky at a time of mixed fortunes for the company. |
| Heavy Metals Found in Many Cosmetics: Not Listed on Labels by Sarah B. Weir, Yahoo! News February 22nd, 2012 In light of recent news that the FDA found lead in 400 brands of lipstick, Yahoo! Shine took a look at other products containing potentially hazardous ingredients. Historically, women have risked their health for beauty by using cosmetics laden with poisons. |
