L’Oreal defends safety of its lipsticks, after FDA cites high lead content in some products.
Posted February 16th, 2012
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.
Posted February 16th, 2012
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?
Posted February 16th, 2012
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 previous FDA study, and it has concerns.Is that lead in your lipstick?
Posted February 16th, 2012
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 limit has been set."Skin deep" in more ways than one.
Posted February 7th, 2012
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 reproductive health. But that has begun to change.Soaps, makeup and other items contain deadly ingredients, say consumer advocates.
Posted February 7th, 2012
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 wary of.California investigates skin-lighteners for dangerous mercury.
Posted February 7th, 2012
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 mercury contamination.Keratin hair straightener treatment gets first sanction by U.S. government.
Posted January 31st, 2012
SunSentinel.com
January 21, 2012
Rod Hagwood
Here in humid South Florida where straight hair is the Holy Grail the news about the keratin treatment lawsuit settlement is big news.
In California the manufacturers of Brazilian Blowout and Acai Professional Smoothing Solution must cease deceptive advertising products and put caution stickers on their products advising the consumer that the product releases formaldehyde gas.
Brazilian Blowout maker settles with state over formaldehyde claims.
Posted January 31st, 2012
GIB, which had advertised its hair-straightening treatments as 'formaldehyde free,' will have to warn hairstylists that two of its products can expose users to formaldehyde gas.Maker of Brazilian Blowout hair products agrees to settle California lawsuit with labeling changes.
Posted January 31st, 2012
The maker of a popular line of hair-straightening products has agreed to alert consumers that two of its formulations emit formaldehyde gas, a possible carcinogen, California’s attorney general announced Monday.
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