The toxins you're wearing

"Whether it is your nail polish, eye shadow, shampoo, essentially personal-care products, is not regulated by the (Food and Drug Administration) ... numerous times in the Senate, over the last 50 years, there have been efforts to expand the purview of the FDA, and it's been repeatedly beaten back by the cosmetics industry." Details on the toxins are hard to come by. Schapiro continued, "The reason I even know what kind of material is in cosmetics is not ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 1, 2009 - 6:47 AM PST
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 1, 2009

The article notes risks and the fact the EU is way ahead of the US in reducing risks. The lobbyists from the cosmetics industry are identified as culprits.

Another reason for publicly financed elections; the hidden costs of being poisoned.

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