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Consumer Abuse
Nearly 20 brand-name lipsticks tested toxic for lead contamination
according to a recent report put out by the Coalition for Safe
Cosmetics. After all this time, you would think manufacturers could find
an alternative, yet they continue to abuse consumers it seems
perpetually.
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Cosmetics: 60% of Lipsticks Contain Lead
11 October 2007 - By Chris Walters - consumerist.com
Well, this explains a lot about children's beauty
pageants: the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tested 33 brand-name
lipsticks, including brands like Cover Girl, L'Oreal, and Christian
Dior, and are reporting that "61 percent had detectable lead levels of
0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm)." One-third of the lipsticks
tested had levels higher than 0.1 ppm, the FDA's safety limit for lead
in candy.
The FDA has a pretty low limit for lead in candy for obvious reasons,
but the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says lipstick should be held to
the same standards because it is ingested, and because pregnant women
are "particularly vulnerable to lead exposure" and "lead has also been
linked to infertility and miscarriage."
A cosmetic trade group counters that the FDA has already set strict
limits for lead in lipsticks, and that experts test the makeup
thoroughly, and that the amount of lead a woman can get from lipstick
"is hundreds of times less than the amount that she would get from
eating, breathing and drinking water." But according to Dr. Mark
Mitchell, president of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental
Justice,
"Lead builds up in the body over time and lead-containing lipstick
applied several times a day, every day, can add up to
significant exposure levels. The latest
studies show there is no safe level of lead exposure."
The following brands make up the study's "safe" group of less than .02
ppm, which means you can tart yourself up like there's no tomorrow
with these. But the study did not include every brand on the market,
so unless your brand shows up elsewhere on the list, there's no way to
know how much lead it contains. To see the other lipsticks and where
they fall in the rankings (apparently the "L" in "L'Oreal" stands for
"Lead!"), download the report and jump to page 10.
* Lipsticks with less than 0.02 parts per million (ppm) lead Avon
Ultra Color Rich Cherry Jubilee
* Body Shop Lip Colour Garnet
* Body Shop Lip Colour Garnet
* Clinique Long Last Lipstick Merlot
* Dior Replenishing Lipcolor Red Premiere
* Estee Lauder Maraschino
* MAC Matte Lipstick Viva Glam 1
* Revlon Superlustrous Love That Red
* Revlon Superlustrous Bed of Roses
* Revlon Colorstay Lipcolor Red Velvet
* Tarte Inside Out Vitamin Lipstick
* Wet N Wild Mega Colors Cherry Blossom
* Wet N Wild Mega Colors Cherry Blossom
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics PDF Report:
"A Poison Kiss: The Problem of Lead In Lipstick"
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