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"The Safe Cosmetics Campaign began in 2002 with the release of a report, Not Too Pretty: Phthalates, beauty products and the FDA. For the report, environmental and public health groups contracted with a laboratory to test seventy-two name-brand, off-the-shelf beauty products for the presence of phthalates, a family of industrial chemicals linked to permanent birth defects in the male reproductive system." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"A student in one of California's cosmetology schools, Judy Le, recalled in a 2006 interview with the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum how she first learned about cancer-causing ingredients in beauty products only while doing independent research outside of her cosmetology school. She then confronted her instructors, who admitted that they knew little or nothing about chemical hazards. "The program didn't talk much about harmful ingredients," she related. "We weren't given this information. The program didn't focus on health hazards. It focused on the money-making aspect." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Some hthalates and parabens Banned by the European Union in 2003, phthalates and group of chemicals commonly used as preservatives in co >m< tory tests found phthalates in more than 70 percent of beauty products tested—including the most popular brands skin care products and every single fragrance tested. Both onstrated to be carcinogenic and particularly linked to brejast cancer. parabens are a . Labora-the health and of hair and have been dem- 5." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"For the report, environmental and public health groups contracted with a laboratory to test seventy-two name-brand, off-the-shelf beauty products for the presence of phthalates, a family of industrial chemicals linked to permanent birth defects in the male reproductive system. You can find a listing of who has pledged not to use harmful chemicals and to implement substitution plans that replace hazardous materials with safer alternatives in every market they serve on the Safe Cosmetics Campaign website: www.safecosmetics.org/companies/signers.cfm." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Make a habit of buying 100 percent natural unscented, dye-free products, preferably ones in recycled or recyclable packaging, and opt for soaps and beauty products that contain no synthetic chemicals or dyes. And when you're pregnant, simplify your beauty routine—your natural glow is the only foundation you need! Consider a natural birthing class. Some childbirth classes are more "natural" than others. For expectant moms committed to a completely natural, drug-free birthing process, the Bradley Method (http://www.bradleybirth.com) is an excellent resource." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "When she learned how little the government was doing to regulate the cosmetics and beauty products she depended on, Jessica took action, banding with other concerned students in her Northern California community to start the organization Teens for Safe Cosmetics (www.teens4sc.org). Among other impressive feats, Teens for Safe Cosmetics was instrumental in the passage of California's Safe Cosmetics Act, which was signed into law in October 2005. Jessica is a real inspiration to me. Her story proves that passionate teenagers can make a concrete difference in shaping the future of our planet." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Pesticides and other chemical toxins as found in non-organic foods, conventional household cleaning products, commercial beauty products, hair dyes (see information below), shampoos, skin lotions, and other personal care products, overtax and suppress the immune system when all its energy and resources are needed to heal the cancer. Especially avoid cosmetics with aluminum bases, mineral powders that contain bismuth and aluminum-laden antiperspirants which are known to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by as much as 300!" - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Under federal law, up to 65 parts per million of mercury can be added to beauty products. Mercury is known to retard brain development in children and can cause neurological damage in adults who experience high or long-term exposure. As a result, many toxicologists recommend avoiding contact with mercury, at any level, whenever possible. Even from small doses, mercury accumulates in the human body over time. Even mercury fumes that collect in jars of skin cream or in tubes of mascara, and are inhaled when the containers are opened, add to the cumulative body burden." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "By January 2007, over 500 cosmetic and personal care product manufacturers, but none of the major corporate players, had endorsed the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' "Compact for the Global Production of Safe Health and beauty products," pledging to eliminate hazardous ingredients and replace them with safer alternatives. Additional support for the act came from public health and labor organizations, particularly those representing nail, hairdressing, and beauty salon workers, and the Screen Actors Guild." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database A cosmetic safety database, based on fifty toxicity databases, listing ingredients in 25,000 beauty products. (www.cosmeticdatabase.com) OsoEco A "green" social shopping Web site and online community, founded in 2007, where you can research green products, including safe cosmetics and personal care products, or make recommendations. (www.osoeco.com) Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia's Guide to Less Toxic Products A Web guide to less toxic products, including cosmetics and personal care products. (www.lesstoxicguide." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"If you haven't already, make a point of teaching your teenager about these principles whenever you go shopping for food, beauty products, or even clothing. Another idea, to promote the healthy-eating angle, is to institute a few at-home cooking lessons for your family. Get everyone involved. Teach your teenagers how to prepare the foods they love for themselves. Then, when they go off into the world on their own, they won't fall into the bad habits that have so many college freshmen gaining ten pounds. (Dr." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Among these are antibacterial agents such as Sulfa; the aforementioned PABAs and other sun lotion ingredients; hypoglycemic agents used by diabetics; diuretics for control of high blood pressure; tranquillizers and anti-depressants; broad-spectrum antibiotics; anti-arrhythmic Quinidine used to suppress abnormal heart rhythms; halogenated, antiseptic compounds used in cosmetics; many types of soaps; synthetic ingredients in most commercial beauty products ; and antihistamines used for colds and allergies." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"So here is our pro-business Republican governor with his tough-guy image, under pressure from teenage girls and beauty queens and fellow actors over beauty products — a Hollywood staple," Lundstrom described in the Bee. "So relentless was Migden in ensuring her bill's passage that she popped over to the floor of the Assembly during a vote and pushed a Republican member's yes' button. Meanwhile, the $35 billion industry unleashed its own big guns on the Capitol in what bill supporters saw as a 'David and Goliath' confrontation." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Chemical-Free Home and Beauty Products NOT ONLY ARE WE SUBJECTED to a barrage of chemicals in our food, we also are breathing them in every time we clean our house, and are smothering ourselves with them every time we put on suntan lotion, face or body creams, or the many other beauty products available. While it is virtually impossible to cut chemicals out of your life entirely, it is possible to dramatically slash the amount that gets through by paying attention to the products you use to furnish and clean your house and those that you put on your face and body." - Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets (Get the book.)

"Safe alternatives to phthalates are already being used in many beauty products. Now is the time for the federal government—and for companies like Calvin Klein and Unilever—to act decisively. After all, Eternity is a long time. Learn more at wrww.NotTooPreffy.org This ad sponsored by Women's Voices for the Earth, Environmental Working Group and Health Care Without Harm Women's Vokes for the Earth, 1!" - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Executives with some of America's top cosmetics companies were watching, for they could see that, despite their best efforts, European laws would soon challenge what was in their beauty products. Diplomats from the U.S. mission to the European Union were watching; they had been trying to orchestrate end runs around rising EU authority for the past three years. A posse of public relations experts from Burson-Marsteller, Hill & Knowlton, and other expert opinion shapers and manipulators, representing dozens of U.S." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"The bored & the lonely with Internet connections • Cosmetic companies profiling their uniqueness against their competition • Non profit "Watch Dog" organizations who survive on donations of "motivated" donors • Scientifically naive journalists seeking "eyes" 150 cosmetics companies agree: beauty products don't need to be toxic. Every day, we use as many as 25 personal care products on our bodies. Some of the chemicals in these products are linked to cancer, infertility and birth defects—and most have never been evaluated for their health effects." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"The mystery behind beauty products' magic was laid bare: Cosmetics are far more dependent on synthetic chemicals than on natural "essences" of anything. The seventh amendment mandates that chemicals determined to be carcinogens, mutagens, or reproductive toxins—known collectively as CMRs—be removed from cosmetics sold in Europe6 (It also mandates a phase-out in the testing of cosmetic ingredients on animals.) Amendment seems almost too soft a word to evoke the radical impact the Europeans are having on the multibillion-dollar global cosmetics industry." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"So I am still the Cosmetics Cop, sharing with you the information you need to make wise decisions about the beauty products you buy. BEAUTYPEDIA.COM Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me is now online at www.Beautypedia.com (this site can also be accessed from www.cosmeticscop.com). The online version is a subscrib-able database of this book that will be updated weekly." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"If you have cancer or wish to prevent it, make certain to avoid the following things: Chlorinated water; fluoridated water; pesticides and other chemical toxins as found in non-organic foods, commercial beauty products, chemical hair dyes, chemical shampoos and skin lotions; unnatural makeup products; artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame and Splenda; exposure to ionizing radiation (X-rays, mammograms, etc.); alcohol; cigarettes; sunscreens; microwave ovens; pharmaceutical drugs. (Almost all drugs are toxic for the body and can contribute to or directly cause cancer." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"When testing seventy-two name-brand, off-the-shelf beauty products for the presence of phthalates, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found phthalates in nearly three-quarters of the products tested, though the chemicals were not listed on any of the labels.14 A second report from the same group, "Pretty Nasty," documented similar product test results in Europe. In September 2004, the European Union put into force a new amendment to their Cosmetics Directive that prohibits the use of known or suspected carcinogens, mutagens, and reproductive toxins in cosmetics." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Similar to what the US groups had done, Norin and her collaborators at Women's Environmental Network in the UK and Health Care Without Harm Europe had bought beauty products from stores in Britain and Sweden and sent them to a lab to test for phthalates. For baby, it could really be poison. Toxic chemicals linked to bifth c al alarming levels in worn©! of ¦ And according to new laBGtatoi right), these same chemicals a popular cosmetics and beat.tfy perfume to And Er.'a Extra 0; Manufacturers use theSe:Gftern phthalates iuis-iatst) tr> adii !" - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"For this reason, I always say to my clients: Think of your beauty products not as cosmetics, but as food. If you cannot eat it, do not use it on your skin. This is the Ayurvedic standard for pure and natural. Skin eats, and whatever you feed it, you feed to yourself Therefore, if you are concerned about your health and well-being, it is as important to know the ingredients of what you apply externally as it is to know the ingredients of your diet and medications. Start reading the labels of your beauty products." - Pratima Raichur, Mariam Cohn, Absolute Beauty: Radiant Skin and Inner Harmony Through the Ancient Secrets of Ayurveda (Get the book.)

"Aztec Secret Mask (Aztec Secret Health and beauty products). Indian healing clay facial of pure sun-dried ben-tonite. El El A?tec Secret Health and beauty products, Earth Herbs, InterNatural. Body Love Herbal Facial Steams (Body Love). ED ® The Compassionate Consumer, My Brother's Keeper. Desert Essence Jojoba-Aloe Vera Facial Mask (Desert Essence Cosmetics). French clay, jojoba oil, and honey. ED ® Desert Essence Cosmetics, Ecco Bella. Earth Science Mint Tingle Mask (Earth Science). ED ® Earth Science. Earthen Joys. Hetbal facial steams. B Fluir Herbals." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"A onetime Playboy bunny, Hutton began her career as a model and went on to make movies, host her own syndicated television talk show, invent her own beauty products, and finally return to modeling, a symbol of graceful and elegant aging as she approached sixty. Given het youthful appearance and oft-stated opposition to plastic surgery, Hutton made the perfect pitchwoman for Wyeth's hormone replacement therapy drugs Prempro and Premarin, especially at a time when the oldest Baby Boomers were entering menopause." - Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business (Get the book.)

"Then, you will learn how to treat your body to clean and rejuvenating beauty products that will limit your exposure to many common toxins. Sources of Chemicals in a Typical Room Most chemicals that contaminate the home stem from the use of the following groups of substances: >• Pesticides in pest-control products (such as roach and flea treatments), wood treated for dry rot, mothproofing in wool carpets, paints, air pollution, and contaminated water." - Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets (Get the book.)

"If you wish to make your own beauty products at home, this book contains formulas for items from astringents to toothpastes that are simple and produce results that are much less expensive than buying commercial preparations would be; you won't have to pay for labeling, advertising, or aerosol spray cans. Other books that contain additional formulas for natural beauty products can be found in your local natural-foods store. Note: Products that contain natural preservatives and those you make at home will not keep indefinitely." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic & Natural: how to avoid dangerous everyday products and buy or make safe ones (Get the book.)

"When you combine this with the explosive increase in the amount of heavy metals and synthetic chemicals in our food, homes, and beauty products, the result is that we are exposed to levels of chemicals far higher than our bodies were ever designed to withstand. This increase has effectively overloaded our natural coping mechanisms, which are now struggling to deal with their increased burden. The more saturated with chemicals these natural mechanisms become, the less able they are to protect us." - Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets (Get the book.)

"Evening primrose oil is often used in beauty products because it promotes skin repair and health and helps prevent premature aging. It does spoil easily, however. Flaxseed oil is full of vitamin E, making it valuable for skin healing and regeneration. It spoils quickly. Grapeseed oil is a good choice for oily or acne-prone skin because it is light and slightly astringent. Hazelnut oil helps skin maintain firmness and elasticity. It is expensive. Jojoba oil, which is actually a wax ester, softens and moisturizes skin while helping to control acne and oily skin." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.) "Keep cosmetics and beauty products out of children's reach. Remember that hair permanents and relaxers are toxins as well. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odorless, poisonous gas that can also cause sickness and death. The incomplete burning of fuels such as natural gas, oil, kerosene, propane, coal, and wood produce carbon monoxide. Also, fuel-burning appliances that are not working properly or are installed incorrectly can produce fatal concentrations of carbon monoxide in your home." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

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