Lead found in popular brands of lipstick
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a consumer group, recently conducted testing on 33 popular lipstick brands and found that a surprising 61% contained detectable levels of lead. About 1/3 of the lipsticks exceeded the allowable level of lead in candy. While these may seem like relatively small amounts of lead, you do apply lipstick to your mouth where some of it inevitably gets ingested.Makeup manufacturers are striking back, saying their products pass numerous inspections and meet federal standards. In addition, the FDA says that they've been aware of the presence of lead in lipstick and have no plans to address the issue.
I'm not sure, at this point, what this finding means, but I do think it's important for consumers to be informed about what's inside the products they are using. Read more about the issue at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics website.
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10-29-2007 @ 6:29PM
k.moore said...
what make up produts , that is lead free, what company producess lead free make up, I now have no make up. due to latest report with cover girl. oooh please heelllpppp.
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10-29-2007 @ 6:30PM
Bethany Sanders said...
K.Moore,
Those are all good questions! Because the researchers who did the study have not yet released the names of the products, I'm not exactly sure how you'd find out. They did say they'd release them soon, so maybe then we'll have more information.
Thanks for reading!
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11-24-2007 @ 1:47PM
Lead in Lipstick said...
You know, lipstick can indeed be made the god-given natural way.
And a lot of companies are already making it without lead and any other dangerous chemicals.
Then, why put lead and all these other toxic chemicals in the traditional lipstick and poison women?
Freaky!
There's a detailed report about it at:
http://www.myproductalert.com/lead-in-lipsticks.html
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