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\"lipstick\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past two months a popular hair straightening product<\/a> manufacturer was found guilty of exposing its consumers to formaldehyde, a highly toxic chemical to people and animals, and the U.S. Food and Drug\u00a0Administration\u00a0(FDA) released its newest findings of over 400 different lipsticks containing lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These claims and many others are enough to make some wonder if existing cosmetic and personal care product laws, which were written over 70 years ago, are doing enough to protect the public\u2019s health. Advocate groups and consumers are pressuring the House Energy and Commerce Committee to make \u201cmeaningful<\/a>\u201d changes to the rules governing the $50 billion beauty industry, according to The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics<\/a>. The committee met last month in a Congressional hearing to discuss the safety of cosmetic laws for the first time in 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting cancer-causing chemicals and other harmful toxins out of the products we put on our bodies is an urgent public health and consumer rights issue,\u201d said Jane Houlihan, senior vice president for research of the Environmental Working Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Advocates hope the Committee will create and enforce a safety standard for cosmetics, which will no longer allow manufactures to include ingredients linked to cancer, reproductive or developmental toxicity in their products and require full disclosure of ingredients in fragrance and salon products– all of which are components of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While U.S. FDA\u2019s website states there are \u201cno safety concerns for lead in lipsticks\u201d and toxic hair straightening products are still accessible for American women, despite being banned in Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, and Germany, you have the power to choose which products are best for you in three simple ways: Review your cosmetics\u2019 safety rankings<\/a>, write your Representative<\/a> to ask that they support strong cosmetic legislation to get toxins out of your beauty supplies, and follow this story<\/a> as the battle continues to makeover the beauty industry.<\/p>\n

Image credit:<\/strong> Auntie P<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Formaldehyde in hair straighteners? Lead in lipstick? Perhaps it’s time to update our laws governing cosmetics safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":14324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,79],"tags":[338,5539,1422,5693,1176,5540,4578],"yoast_head":"\nCosmetic Safety Laws Ready for a Makeover?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Current cosmetic safety laws are over 70 years old; Congress hasn't met on the topic in 30 years. 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