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Lead in Lipstick—What You Need to Know
Remember a few years ago when people were freaking out about lead in toys that were produced in China? Well, around the same time, the FDA began investigating the content of lead in lipstick. That’s right, lipstick, something many women wear every day. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is horrified, and did their own research. They found that two-thirds of the 33 red lipsticks they tested contained lead, and that one third had levels above what the FDA allows in candy. In 2008, the FDA did its own tests on 20 lipsticks and then expanded their testing to include 400 lipstick shades in their most recent study, which was released recently. They found that many of them were indeed contaminated, but it’s not at all clear that the lead levels in any of them are dangerous. [Read More]
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