Tag: cosmetics
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Global Ban on Mercury Exempts Mascara and Eye Makeup
Mercury was banned in cosmetics and soaps by a recently signed global treaty at the Minamata Convention. But mascara and other eye makeup were exempted. Mercury is used in trace amounts in eye makeup as a preservative. The treaty exempts eye area cosmetics from the list because “no effective, safe substitute alternatives are available,” according to the signed…
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Republicans Attack Fed Scientist for Linking Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Health Effects
In the same way as physicians endeavor to understand and monitor the effect of medicines on endocrine pathways, we ought to achieve the same understanding and control of the effects on environmental chemicals …