Dr Paula Johnson, the lead author of the paper and leader of the California
Safe Cosmetics Program at the California Department of Public Health, said: «Consumers generally seem to believe that products available for purchase are proven to be safe, and that the government would prevent unsafe products from being sold to us.
Between them these leaders of tomorrow have already been campaigning for
safe cosmetics, zero emissions technology, trout habitat restoration, protection of scared Native American lands, youth participation in environmental decision making and for community mentoring
programs.