400 lipsticks found to contain lead, FDA says.
Four hundred of the nation’s most popular lipsticks contained trace levels of lead when tested recently by the federal government, confirming similar results of earlier analyses but on a much wider scale and at higher levels than previously detected.
Leaded lipstick: How much is too much?
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics highlighted an FDA analysis of lead in lipsticks. The study found lead in all 400 lipsticks tested, with levels of up to 7.19 parts per billion. Safe Cosmetics says this is more than twice the levels reported in a previo...
Is that lead in your lipstick?
Recent tests by FDA scientists, updating tests from 2007, reveal increased lead levels in US lipsticks, with two brands above California's standard of 5 ppm. FDA says it is considering setting an upper limit for lead in lipsticks, but to date no such l...
Lipsticks contain twice as much toxic lead as they did just five years ago
Business Insider February 15, 2012 Mandi Woodruff In “Lipstick and Lead: Questions and Answers,” the FDA lays out the results of an exhaustive analysis of... Read More
Keep Your Laundry Safe & Truly Gentle
Tips for keeping toxic chemicals out of your laundry.
Household cleaners hide chemical secrets
Babycenter blog February 10, 2012 Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff SC Johnson & Son, maker of Windex, Pledge, Scrubbing Bubbles and more, recently became the first major... Read More
"Skin deep" in more ways than one.
Very little if any media attention or research has looked at the possible connections between African American beauty salons, the personal care products utilized primarily by Black women and adverse health outcomes, specifically in the area of reproduc...
Soaps, makeup and other items contain deadly ingredients, say consumer advocates.
According to the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, cosmetics and other personal care products contain numerous ingredients — such as phthalates, parabens, formaldehye and diethanolamine — that we should be...
California investigates skin-lighteners for dangerous mercury.
There could be a dark side to skin-lightening creams often found in stores that cater to ethnic communities. Starting next week, California health officials will collect and test a sampling of skin-lightening products in the Bay Area for possible mercu...
Is There Lead In Slow Cookers and Is It Getting Into Your Food?
We greatly appreciate the folks who have brought this issue to our attention in response to our Adventures in Slow Cooking Tip of the Month.... Read More
