Moms ask Tide to remove carcinogen from detergent
mother nature network February 17, 2012 Do you have any idea what ingredients are used in your favorite cleaning product? If you’re a dedicated ‘make-your-own... Read More
Salon safety examined
The Billings Outpost February 8, 2012 Deb Courson Smith Montana has a connection to high fashion. Bozeman-based Women’s Voices for the Earth has been working... Read More
The 10 Best Ways To Prevent Cancer
MSN.com February 16, 2012 Leah Zerbe, Rodale.com Getting active and cutting excess body fat are two of the best ways a woman can dramatically slash... Read More
L’Oreal defends safety of its lipsticks, after FDA cites high lead content in some products.
At L'Oreal, which makes lipstick at plants in Franklin and Piscataway, they think the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is poisoning their business.
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