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| Tests reveal lead found in lipsticks ABC-7 San Francisco September 3rd, 2009 A different new study has found there's more lead in lipstick than previously thought. |
| FDA: Yes, lots of lipsticks contain lead by Siel Ju, Mother Nature Network blog September 3rd, 2009 The good news: After a long, tight-lipped silence, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration tested lipsticks for lead — a move that eco-nonprofit organizations like Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have been calling for years. |
| Lead in lipstick: FDA gives moms the toxic kiss off by Stacy Malkan, MomsRising blog September 3rd, 2009 The FDA spent two years studying the problem, only to discover that, yup, there really is lead in lipstick – and then decide that, no, they’re not going to do anything about it. |
| Lead in lipstick, but no FDA standard United Press International September 2nd, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should set standards to reduce lead in lipstick to the lowest achievable levels, a U.S. non-profit group says. |
| Lipstick Lead Levels Higher Than Formerly Reported CBS-11 Dallas/Fort Worth September 2nd, 2009 In the fall of 2007 the consumer advocacy group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC) reported about lead levels in some top-brand lipsticks. Now the government says lead levels in many of those lipsticks are actually higher than first reported. |
| Lead Levels in Many Lipsticks Higher Than Reported HealthDay News September 2nd, 2009 A new analysis finds lead levels in many lipsticks are higher than those reported in 2007 by the consumer advocacy group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. |
| FDA Tests Find Lead in Lipstick by Dan Shapley, The Daily Green September 1st, 2009 A new Food and Drug Administration study has identified lead in all 20 red lipsticks it tested (from 10 different brands), and at concentrations up to four-times higher than those found in independent testing. |
| I’ll take my lipstick unleaded, please by Jane Houlihan, EWG Kid-Safe Chemicals Blog September 1st, 2009 You may have missed the Federal Food and Drug Administration’s latest study on lead in lipstick. After all, how many women peruse the latest ($35) issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Science while touching up for their next appointment? |
| Saving Face: How Safe Are Cosmetics and Body Care Products? Beauty On Watch blog August 12th, 2009 The government knows just about as much as you do about what you’re putting on your skin—that is to say, not much. |
| Triclosan or treat? by Lou Bendrick, Grist July 27th, 2009 Dear Grist, I have been getting contradictory information about triclosan. Organic Consumers Association says danger, beware, don’t use. Other sources say no problem. What do you say? |
| Fragrance allergen levels in baby bathwater of ‘special concern’, say scientists by Katie Bird, CosmeticsDesign.com July 22nd, 2009 The levels of fragrance allergens in baby bathwater are of ‘special concern’ according to Spanish researchers who have developed a method to test the presence of the compounds. |
| Chemicals and Our Health by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times July 15th, 2009 However careful you are about your health, your body is almost certainly home to troubling chemicals called phthalates. These are ubiquitous in modern life, found in plastic bottles, cosmetics, some toys, hair conditioners, and fragrances — and many scientists have linked them to everything from sexual deformities in babies to obesity and diabetes. |
| What's really in your beauty products? by Stacy Malkan, Crazy Sexy Life blog July 9th, 2009 Penis deformation? I don’t like those two words together. |
| Why the Adage 'the Dose Makes the Poison' Can Be Toxic to Corporate Chemicals Policy by Richard Liroff, GreenBiz blog June 24th, 2009 You're better off heeding an updated version: "The dose and the timing make the poison." |
| Author links everyday chemicals to breast cancer by Simon Pitman, CosmeticsDesign.com June 18th, 2009 "No Family History," by Sabrina McCormick, PhD, aims to make a link between the rising rates of breast cancer and increased exposure to everyday products containing numerous chemicals. |
| Opinion: War on breast cancer must shift to prevention by Sabrina McCormick, Environmental Health News June 8th, 2009 If we truly want to save lives, we must shift our attention from curing breast cancer to preventing it. This means reducing exposures to pesticides and hormones in food, ingredients in personal care products, and air-borne pollutants, which all raise the risk of breast cancer. |
| No More Tears... until baby grows up and gets cancer! by Annie, Annie's Organic Baby blog June 4th, 2009 Last month the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and partner organizations released a report revealing that dozens of popular bath products for babies and kids contain at least two hazardous contaminants: 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde. |
| Phthalates may soften, weaken bones by Negin P. Martin, Ph. D, Environmental Health News June 3rd, 2009 Phthalates used in plastics and beauty products can trigger bone cell death. |
| Don't Lick Your Lips by Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Institute's EnvironmentaList blog June 3rd, 2009 I’m not opposed to cosmetics; I use them and happen to own several reddish lipsticks myself. The point is that when it comes to lead exposure, given the latest health science, it’s hard to discern how any lead in a product designed for the lips could be permissible. |
| A Simple Smooch or a Toxic Smack? by Abby Ellin, New York Times May 28th, 2009 Will all those years of applying lipstick several times a day add up to a worrisome accumulation of a dangerous substance? |
