Whether your beauty products might be bad for you is up for debate -- and that creates a major headache for consumers By SARA GLASSMAN Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 1, 2007
Straight to the Source
When you count everything from deodorant to toothpaste to hand soap to lotion, even the lowest-maintenance types among us probably use at least five beauty or personal-care products. How many do you use a day? That's the question that Stacy Malkan, author of "Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry" posed to about 300 people attending a panel discussion at the University of Minnesota recently.
She asked that question because the safety of some ingredients commonly used in these products has become suspect by a number of watchdog groups.It was widely reported recently that more than half of the lipsticks tested by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics contained lead. Another ingredient setting off alarms is phthalates (pronounced THAY-lates), a common component of fragrances, as reported by the
Enviromental Working Group.Full Story: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/11966016.html
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