Safe Cosmetics: Newsroom
some articles of interest about the toxic chemicals in our personal care products and
efforts to make our cosmetics safer
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
KUOW Radio - Weekday with Steve Scher
Toys Aren't the Only Thing That's Toxic
includes interview with Stacy Malkan, author of Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.
link to info and audio archive
November 2007
Conscious Choice Magazine - by Stacy Malkan
Beauty News We Can All Use
Facing up to the toxic truth about cosmetics
link to article
November 10, 2007
Washington Post
A close-up on cosmetics: experts divided on the safety of parabens.
Have a look at the ingredients list of your favorite shampoo or skin lotion, and chances are you'll see ethylparaben, butylparaben, propylparaben or all of the above. In numerous in-vitro studies they have demonstrated activity similar to estrogen, which may threaten the health of people and aquatic ecosystems.
link to article
October 25, 2007
AlterNet, by Heather Gehlert
I'll Have My Cosmetics with a Side of Infertility, Please
Author Stacy Malkan reveals the dangerous truth about everyday products we put in our hair and on our skin.
link to article
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Seattle Times
Does your makeup need a nontoxic makeover?
EcoConsumer column - by Tom Watson
link to article
June 26, 2007
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Color them green: EPA grants will help nail salons
Groups want hazards out of grooming
By LISA STIFFLER
link to article
May 2007
Sound Consumer Newsletter, PCC Natural Markets
A campaign for safer body care
by Samia McCully, ND
PCC is the first retailer in the Univeted States to sign on to and endorse the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
link to article
March/April 2007
The Green Guide - National Geographic
An Organic Makeover
by Maureen Ryan
link to article
Women's E-News, 3/23/07
Cosmetics Industry Ramps Up Safety P.R.
In response to emerging studies that raise warnings about the potentially toxic effects of an ingredient in cosmetics, the industry is ramping up efforts to persuade consumers and lawmakers that its products are safe.
by Kara Alaimo
link to article
Seattle Post-Intelligencer article,
2/20/07
State mulls cosmetic safety law
Bill based on California
measure
by Lisa Stiffler
link
to article
New York Times, 2/15/07
Skin Deep: Should You Trust Your Makeup?
by Natasha Singer
link to article
Seattle Post-Intelligencer article (front page), 12/04/06
Nail salons'
workers, clients at risk from toxic chemicals
Insufficient regulation cited in call for improved safety practices
by Lisa Stiffler
link to article
Seattle Post-Intelligencer front page story, 11/6/06
"Putting on your face could cause ugly health problems" by
Lisa Stiffler
link
to article
The Olympian, 11/6/06
"Are your personal care items really safe?" by Terri Thomas
link to article
KPLU news story 11/6/06 - "Toxic
Cosmetics"
link
to web site with audio file
KUOW Weekday 11/7/06 - "The
safety of personal care products"
Interview by Steve Scher with Felicia Eaves, Women's Voice for the Earth/Campaign for Safe Cosmetics,
and Anne Steinemann, University of Washington
link
to web site with audio file (scroll down to Hour Two)
Real Change newspaper 11/9/06
"Take Toxins Out of Personal-Care Products" by Cydney Gillis
link
to article
Tacoma News Tribune, 11/21/06
"The ugly side of beauty" by Niki Sullivan
link to article
Europe Bans 22 Hair Dye Chemicals
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 21, 2006 (ENS) - To ensure safety of hair dye products for consumers, the European Commission has banned 22 hair dye substances that could potentially cause bladder cancr if used for a long time. Adopted Thursday, the ban takes effect on December 1, 2006.
more on this story - http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2006/2006-07-21-03.asp
Cosmetics makers under fire on nail polish chemicals
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
By LaMont Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06199/706529-314.stm
Skin Deep - when it comes to cosmetic ingredients, buyer beware
March 1, 2006
by Leigh Grogan, Sacramento Bee
article in pdf format
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