What is the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics?

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a national coalition of health and environmental groups
working to protect our health by eliminating chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems from personal care products. We want the government and cosmetics companies to make sure products are safe for our long-term health before they hit store shelves.

What is the problem?
· Products we use every day -- including shampoo, deodorant, lotions and make-up --
contain chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, reproductive problems and learning
disabilities. Hazardous chemicals to not belong in products we use on our bodies.

· The FDA is failing to protect our health. Cosmetics are among the least regulated
products on the market. Major loopholes in federal law allow companies to put unlimited
amounts of nearly any chemical into cosmetics -- even chemicals that are known to harm
human health, such as lead and formaldehyde.

· Worse, an industry-funded panel called the Cosmetic Ingredient Review panel—not the
FDA—is currently in charge of reviewing the safety of cosmetics!

· Americans are less protected than consumers in other countries. The European
Union has banned more than 1,100 harmful chemicals from cosmetic products. In the
U.S., only ten ingredients are restricted.

I am a big fan of safe cosmetics and have used their database for a long time to rate the product I put on my face and body. For the past few months I've been using the Miessence product line from Australia, it is certified organic food grade product.

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