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| Maybe She's Born With It... Maybe It's In Her Moisturizer by Virginia Sole-Smith, Planet Green April 8th, 2010 A new study links phthalates and other cosmetic chemicals to early puberty. |
| FDA says studies on triclosan, used in sanitizers and soaps, raise concerns by Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post April 8th, 2010 The Food and Drug Administration said recent research raises "valid concerns" about the possible health effects of triclosan, an antibacterial chemical. |
| Concerned About Toxins? Attend This Webinar April 6th! Cinco Vidas blog April 2nd, 2010 There's a new book out that a lot of people are talking about, called Slow Death By Rubber Duck. |
| Feminist Blog Carnival No. 16: Beauty Edition! Beauty Schooled blog March 31st, 2010 Featuring many awesome blog posts on working in the beauty business, accepting your body, beauty advertising and more, including submissions from Campaign staff Stacy Malkan and Jamie Silberberger. |
| Report: Cosmetic Products Contain High Levels of Toxic Chemicals by Tom Porter, Maine Public Broadcasting Network March 31st, 2010 Many everyday skincare products contain dangerous levels of toxic chemicals: That's the conclusion of a report released today by a group of Maine-based activists. (Listen to the broadcast.) |
| Sparse regulations a concern for cosmetics users by Abby Luby, Poughkeepsie Journal March 28th, 2010 Even though skin products are absorbed into the body, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has no authority to restrict dangerous ingredients or approve a skin product before it hits store shelves. |
| Why We Must Protect Nail Salon Workers From the Toxic Trio by Jamie Silberberger, AFA blog March 21st, 2010 I admit it. I love going to the salon to get my nails done...I never considered that the nail polish, remover, and other solutions the technician is using may be harmful to their health. |
| Saving face by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune March 14th, 2010 Don't let your cosmetics cause health problems. How to spot ingredients that may irritate. |
| What's In Your Beauty Products? by Tamar Myers, The Southerner - South Senior High School March 9th, 2010 Chemicals found in ordinary personal care products have been shown to cause serious health problems. Motivated by these disturbing facts, science teacher Michelle Spangler’s physical science classes did a public awareness project about chemicals in cosmetics. |
| The cost of beauty: Most personal-care products are toxic by Nancy Utter, Durango Herald News March 9th, 2010 Is beauty only skin deep? Maybe, but the creams, lotions and shampoos we put on our skin daily go deeper than the skin and into our bloodstream and organs. |
| Do Toxins Cause Autism? by Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times February 25th, 2010 Over recent decades, other development disorders also appear to have proliferated, along with certain cancers in children and adults. Why? |
| Saving our skin by Joanne Furio, San Francisco Magazine February 24th, 2010 The vast growth of the natural beauty industry came as Americans began to ask about their skincare products what they had already asked about their food: Where does it come from? How is it made? What are the ingredients, and are they safe? |
| Women push for regulation of cosmetic chemicals by Amy Calder, Kennebec Journal February 22nd, 2010 The young women want more government regulation of the chemicals in their shampoo, lotions, cosmetics and other personal care products. |
| Colorado proposes ban on cosmetics it claims cause cancer by Katie Bird, CosmeticsDesign.com February 22nd, 2010 Colorado senators are calling on the state to crackdown on 'cancer-causing' chemicals in personal care products. |
 | Women's Group Putting Cosmetics On Trial by Rob Poindexter, WABI-TV Maine February 21st, 2010 A group of young women in Waterville say they're concerned about what's actually in their personal care products, and now they're asking a lab in Portland to help them find out. |
| Children more likely to have attention, behavioral problems when exposed to phthalates in womb by Marla Cone, Environmental Health News January 29th, 2010 Children exposed in the womb to chemicals in cosmetics and fragrances are more likely to develop behavioral problems commonly found in children with attention deficit disorders. |
| Sumbody founder reads into skin care labels by Noelle Robbins, San Francisco Chronicle January 24th, 2010 She knows there are ingredients in dozens of body products that are perfectly safe and healthy for most people, yet many products, with labels claiming "natural" and "organic" are, in fact, what she calls Vitamin J - junky, dangerous chemicals she believes are potentially poisoning us and polluting the planet. |
| The Parabens Debate My Beauty Bunny blog January 22nd, 2010 There continue to be different viewpoints about the potential health risks associated with parabens in beauty products. |
| Beauty, naturally by Eleanor Pierce, Bend Bulletin What's trendier these days than going green? Not much, it seems... The makeup and cosmetics counter certainly isn't immune from the trend. |
| Read baby-product labels closely by Kathleen Green, special contributor, Dallas Morning News January 5th, 2010 Parents might want to think carefully about their baby's next bath, anti-chemical groups say: Sweet-smelling soap and shampoo products may contain dangerous substances. |
