This is a great video using simple English to educate people about the history and story behind why there are so many toxic ingredients found in our cosmetics. Please comment and share.
Myth: If products are for sale at a supermarket, drugstore, or department store cosmetics counter, they must be safe.
Fact: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no authority to require companies to assess ingredients or products for safety. FDA does not review or approve the vast majority of cosmetic products or ingredients before they go on the market. The agency conducts pre-market reviews only for certain color additives and active ingredients in cosmetics classified as over-the-counter drugs.1,2
Myth: The cosmetics industry effectively polices itself, making sure all ingredients meet a strict standard of safety.
Fact: In its more than 30-year history, the industry’s safety panel (the Cosmetic Ingredient Review, or CIR) has assessed fewer than 20 percent of cosmetics ingredients and found only a handful of ingredients or chemical groups to be unsafe.3,4 Its recommendations are not binding on companies.5
Myth: The government prohibits dangerous chemicals in personal care products, and companies wouldn’t risk using them.
Fact: Cosmetics companies may use any ingredient or raw material, except for color additives and a few prohibited substances (such as vinyl chloride and cow parts), without government review or approval. 1,6
• More than 500 products sold in the U.S. contain ingredients banned in cosmetics in Japan, Canada or the European Union.7
• Nearly 100 products contain ingredients considered unsafe by the International Fragrance Association.8
• A wide range of nanomaterials whose safety is in question may be common in personal care products.
• 22% of all personal care products may be contaminated with the cancer-causing impurity 1,4-dioxane, including many children’s products. 10,11
• 60% of sunscreens contain the potential hormone disruptor oxybenzone that readily penetrates the skin and contaminates the bodies of 97% of Americans.12,13
• 61% of tested lipstick brands contain residues
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Thank you for sharing this very important video which puts in simple terms what chemicals I should be avoiding and why.