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When companies sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics,
they are pledging not only to make safer products, but
also to provide greater transparency to consumers about
their products. By signing, cosmetics manufacturers
pledge that:
1. All cosmetics and personal care products made
by the company anywhere in the world meet or exceed
the formulation standards and deadlines set by the
European Union cosmetics directive to be free of chemicals
that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer,
mutation or birth defects.
2. The company will implement substitution plans
that replace hazardous materials with safer alternatives
within three years, and publicly report its progress
in meeting these goals.
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A
Race for the Cure Or An Ounce of
Prevention | Cosmetic Safety
Think about what you put on your body every day
before you leave your home. Most of us use a variety of
soaps, shampoos, conditioners, washes, crèmes and moisturizers.
If you are a man you may use shaving creams and
even hair gels. If you are a woman you can be using a myriad
of applied cosmetics including lipstick and makeup.
The
Problem - Personal care products are chock full of chemicals
that act like estrogen.
Major loopholes in U.S. federal law allow the $50
billion cosmetics industry to put unlimited amounts of
chemicals into personal care products with no required
testing, no monitoring of health effects and inadequate
labeling requirements. In fact, cosmetics are among the
least-regulated products on the market.
The
Breast Cancer Fund
Every October we see a parade of pink. There
are pink balloons in the neighborhood grocery stores
and pink ribbons on the landscape of America. We even
see big burly NFL football players wearing pink shoes.
It has become a fabric of marketing a socially acceptable
cause. Unfortunately some of the same companies that
promote the “pink” cause of searching for the breast
cancer cure have controversial ingredients in their
products that may indeed contributing to the disease
itself.
Aromaland
supports the efforts of the Environmental Working Group
and is aligned with its principals.
The mission of the Environmental Working Group
(EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect
public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook
and Richard Wiles.
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& Links to other Organizations and Groups
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on a variety of topics we wanted to share with our readers.
There is some really great information on a variety
of topics.
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