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A Little Prettier: Cosmetic companies deny health problems related to phthalates, but are they secretly reformulating?

A Preliminary Survey of Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers in Alameda County, California

Age, cosmetics use related to levels of synthetic musk chemicals in blood.  

Alert over levels of lead in children's cosmetics

Allergens in consumer products

Allergens in Cosmetics & Personal Care Items

Allergic contact dermatitis to cosmetics

Allergy to hair dye on the rise

Alert over make-up brands that can't screen out the sun

Antibacterial found in dolphins.

Antibacterial soaps: effective or just risky?

“Asians don't think they smell,” a Unilever spokesman said and, in a wistful aside, added: “but people everywhere smell”.

Ask Congress to Protect Pregnant Women from Cosmetics Chemicals

Assessment of the phototoxic potential of cosmetic products

Average UK woman wears 515 chemicals a day

Avon forced by advertising watchdog to withdraw claims its face cream fades away wrinkles

Avon Products 2005 Product Safety

Avon Under Fire Over Carcinogenic and Estrogenic Ingredients

Babies Are Exposed to 7 Kinds of Phthalates- Study: Baby Lotion, Powder and Shampoo Could Increase Exposure 

Baby bathwater contains fragrance allergens

Baby Care Products: Possible Sources of Infant Phthalate Exposure

Baby products linked to chemical risk

Beauty secrets could be hiding toxic chemicals

Beauty Secrets: The New Cosmetic Cover-Up

Behind the label: Antibacterial handwash

Behind the Label: Garnier's Ambre Solaire Gloss Bronzer

Broccoli Juice Proven to Protect Skin Better than Sunscreen

Call for ban on chemicals in cosmetics, cleaners.

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics: New Report: No More Toxic Tub

Can Certain Hairstyles and Smells Make a Headache Worse?

Can you tell from the labels whether cosmetics contain ingredients that may be harmful?

Canada Tells Cosmetics makers to list ingredients on packaging

Carcinogenic 1,4-Dioxane Found in Leading "Organic" Brand Personal Care Products

Changes in levels of nerve growth factor in nasal secretions after capsaicin inhalation in patients with airway symptoms from scents and chemicals.

Chemicals in Baby Products Linked to Reproductive Problems in Children

Chemicals in your cosmetics  valuations.

Chemicals used in shampoos to get toxic label 

Child sickened by hand sanitizer

Children's Ingredients to Avoid

Common fragrance ingredients in shampoos and conditioners are frequent causes of eczema 

Consumer groups fret over chemicals in teen cosmetics

Consumer group pushes J&J on chemicals in shampoo 

Consumers face makeup's health risks

Contact Allergy from Vitamins in Cosmetic Products

Contact dermatitis: epidemiology and frequent sensitizers to cosmetics.

Cosmetic products may cause fatal infections in critically ill patients

Cosmetics might not be as safe as we like to think.

Cosmetics Unmasked -Book

'Dancing With the Stars'' Kelly Osbourne Reveals Body Spray Burns

Do Aveda products live up to their reputation for purity?

Do Cosmetics Cause Airway Allergy?

Don’t worry your pretty little head about a little bit of mercury and lead in cosmetics?

Drop Dead Gorgeous:  Chemicals in Cosmetics Will Take Toll on You

EWG Research Shows 22 Percent of All Cosmetics May Be Contaminated With 1,4-dioxane

EWG Safe Sunscreen Guide

Eco-guilt prompts salon to go green

Eco-labeling of shampoos, shower gels and foam baths

Environmental Working Group's Show us your secrets

Environmental Working Groups Sun Screen Guide  

Experimental elicitation with hydroxyisohexyl-3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde-containing deodorants

FDA tests lipsticks, finds lead in all

Feds probing homemade skin cream link to mercury

Female focus: toxic Make-up

Formaldehyde-releasers in cosmetics in the USA and in Europe

Free From Chemicals on your skin

French health association raises alarm over baby cosmetics

Getting contaminants out of children's bath and personal care products 

Grimm Brothers are not the only ones who are creating fairy tales: Cosmetics Industry Group Gives Itself a Makeover

Hairspray linked to birth defect.

Health warning on triclosan and antibacterial soaps

Highly toxic chemicals are found in laundry detergents, dryer sheets, deodorants, perfumes, soaps and other household products

Human Baby Foreskins in Cosmetics, SkinMedica and Vavalta Use Baby Foreskin for Anti-Aging Treatments 

Human fat in cosmetics (Clarins is this one of your toxic ingredients?)

If it's hypoallergenic, it's safe for sensitive skin, right?

Infertility and Spontaneous Abortion Among Female Hairdressers: The Hordaland Health Study 

Ingredients that present an environmental risk

Is sunscreen safe? Exposure to sun vs. other health, environmental concerns

Is your lipstick safe?

Kids' Shampoos Contain Toxic Chemicals

L’Oreal High On Leaded Lipstick List. 

L'Oreal and Garnier Cosmetic firms mislead women over skin creams with 'sci-fi' jargon

Lead in Lipstick? Require FDA Regulation of Ingredients in Cosmetics!

Lead tests raise red flag for lipsticks

Lip Balms and Glosses May Boost Skin Cancer Risks

Lottery in a make-up bag 

Make Your Own Skin Care Products

Makeup May be Cancerous to Teens

Makeup of makeup-Chemicals in cosmetics prompt women to embrace natural alternatives

Make up peril for teens

Makeup's ugly secret

Man 'nearly killed' by spray-on deodorant

Mislabeled Products Missing Toxic Ingredients

More Bad News About Sunscreens: Nanoparticles

My chemical romance: Are dangerous toxins lurking in your everyday products?

Nail Salons Project

Neolone-The alternative to Parabens?

New Book Outlines Hidden Dangers In Beauty Products

New concerns raised about chemical in leading baby shampoo

New Study Shows Skin Cream May Cause Skin Tumors

Next, federal government will weigh in on safety of printer inks, cosmetics

No More Toxic Tears

Not just a pretty face:  The side effects of cosmetic chemicals

Not Too Pretty

NSLC hooked on scents to sell suds

Occupational asthma and rhinitis caused by eugenol in a hairdresser.

Parabens: Preservative in beauty products may pose health risk.

ParentCentral.ca - News & Features - Assault of the senses a new tool in boys' arsenal  

Personal-care chemicals go on toxic list  

Personal Care Guide to 1,4 Dioxane

Personal-care products not accurate with labels

Petroleum Distillate in Your Lip Gloss and Furniture Polish Shown to Cause Tissue Disease!

Plain Soap As Effective As Antibacterial

Potentially toxic cosmetics have some people worried

Pregnant women warned off make-up-Study links birth defects to mothers' use of cosmetics

Preschool Puberty from Cosmetics & Drugs

Prevalence of cosmetic sensitivity among beauticians

Probable Carcinogens Found in Baby Toiletries 

Protecting the Health of Nail Salon Workers document

Putting on your Face Could Cause Ugly Health Problems

Quackbusters takes on Clarins:  Clarins: Untruthful, Scaremongering Quacks

Questions over natural preservatives

Readers take a second look at innocuous deodorants

Recognize Toxic Chemicals in Body Care Products

Responsibility of the FDA and National Cancer Institute for Cosmetics Related Escalating Cancer Rates

Risks From Toxic Ingredients In Cosmetics, And Personal Care Products

Roses Are Red, Lipstick (Still) Has Lead

Safety of Antibacterial Soap Debated: Researchers See Potential Health Hazards; Manufacturers Say Products Are Safe

Saving face-Don't let your cosmetics cause health problems. How to spot ingredients that may irritate.

Saving Face: How Safe Are Cosmetics and Body Care Products?

Scientists warn against nanomaterials in cosmetics

Shampoo in the water supply triggers growth of deadly drug-resistant bugs 

Shampoo poses green threat, warns report

Shampoos

Shampoos Contain Toxins Linked to Nerve Damage

Should You Trust Your Makeup? 

Skin contact transfer of three fragrance residues from candles to human hands.

Skinny on Skin Care

Smelly Stores Cause a Stink

Sniff. Say, `Ahh’ or `Achoo!’

So pretty but handle with care

Solving Problems Related to the Use of Cosmetics and Skin Care Products

Some Ingredients To Avoid And Some Rules For Action When Using Cosmetics

Some question safety of sunscreen products for childre

Some skin whitening creams contain toxic mercury, testing finds

State mulls cosmetic safety law

Steaming the nasties out of your pores might help purge the residue of our poisonous surroundings.

Students surprised to learn about products’ short shelf lives

Summer Survival Kit- Dr. Mercola

Sun damage may exacerbate skin penetration of nano-sunscreens

Sunscreen or smoke screen?

Sunscreen's Shady Business

Sunscreens with Benzophenone-3 unsuitable for children

Supervisors tweak ordinance banning 'toxic' child products. City will test up to 100 items a year, list those illegal to sell.

Teens rally for safer cosmetics `This is about standing up to a billion-dollar industry and demanding change'

Texas Woman Says Maybelline Lip Gloss Nearly Killed Her

That's a killer look- A study of chemicals in personal care products.

The beauty creams with nanoparticles that could poison your body

The chemistry of beauty

The concentrations and distribution of polycyclic musks in a typical cosmetic plant.

The Cosmetics Restriction Diet

The excipient properties of shea butter compared with vaseline and lanolin

The Most Common Toxic Chemicals Found in Mass Produced Personal Care Products

The Most Toxic Soaps and Shampoos Well Worth Avoiding

The Smell Culture Reader

The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products

The truth behind cosmetic safety

The ugly side of beauty products

There's no place like home for babies to pick up toxins

This year resolve to update cosmetics to eco-friendly brands

Tiny amounts of phthalate ester worsen atopic dermatitis

Toxic chemicals finding their way into the wom

Toxic Chemical Ingredients in Cosmetics Directory

Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products

Toxic Soup

Toxicity of cosmetics

Toxins in Cosmetics & Personal Care Products

Trouble beneath the bubbles

UK Multicentre Study: Reacting to sunscreen chemicals

Vinyl chloride propellant in hair spray and angiosarcoma of the liver among hairdressers and barbers: case reports.

What "clinically proven" means for a beauty product

What's in my shaving cream?

What's lurking in your cosmetics? Concerns growing about potentially toxic ingredients in many cosmetics

Who said beauty has to be dangerous?

Why Isn't a Little Enough?

Women using makeup daily absorb 5 lb of chemicals per year

Work as a hairdresser and cosmetologist and adverse pregnancy outcomes .