Global trade in natural ingredients has increased dramatically in the last years, a growth driven by consumers that looks forward to
safer cosmetics free of harmful chemicals.
With thousands of
proven safe cosmetic ingredients and high - tech alternatives to animal tests, it's a small ask of humans with big benefits for animals.
Thepassage of the California
Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005 was notonly a legislative triumph, since copied by states such as Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York, but also a personal turning point for Assaf.
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.
Protect yourself by using the Environmental Working Group's
Safe Cosmetics database to search the hazard score of your personal care products and replace them if need be.
About seven years ago, the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics found lead in over half of the 33 brands of lipstick they tested.
Animal Testing But will the law require more animal testing, subjecting uncounted laboratory animals to suffering for the benefit
of safe cosmetics or household cleaners?
A Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics report disclosed that there are known carcinogens in baby bath products and J&J appears on the report several times.
Stacy Malkan, founder of the non-profit campaign for
safe cosmetics claims that her organisation has identified known carcinogens in popular baby products.
The Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics issued a statement yesterday about a chemical that's in Johnson & Johnson's baby shampoo.
As an international, celebrity makeup artist with over 20 years of experience, and one of the world's few professional green beauty educators, I'm excited to help you find the very
best safe cosmetics, and teach you my secrets for enhancing your natural beauty at every age (without a lot of hassle).
The Environmental Working Group's SKIN DEEP cosmetic safety database and The Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics View our ratings.
While there are also plenty of
other safe cosmetic lines available to purchase, you can also look no further than your kitchen to put together some excellent DIY options that are safe and effective.
From celebs like Olivia Wilde
backing safer cosmetics and skincare, to legal measures being taken to ensure our stores» shelves get cleaned up, literally, the toxic ingredients hiding in mainstream products are being brought to light.
There, high schoolgirls could
try safe cosmetics and prove, according to Assaf, «that you can use green products and still look great.»
Teens for
Safe Cosmetics began a series of attention - gettingevents including Project: Prom, an informational fair inSan Francisco's Union Square last spring.
The co-founder of the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics warned that more than 200 chemicals can be on the average woman's body before she even leaves the house in the morning.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble: Babies across America are sitting waist deep in an odious brew of cancer - causing chemicals and other toxins that could be detrimental to their health, according to a new report by the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics about children's bath and personal - care products.
Phthalates (di - n - butyl phthalate a.k.a. DBP and di 2 - ehtylhexyl phthalate a.k.a. DEHP) are not often listed on cosmetics ingredient labels, though the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics found them in nearly three - fourths of tested products.
That post was spurred by a Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics report that highlighted known carcinogens in baby bath products and Johnson & Johnson appeared on the report several times.
Recent research from EWG and the Campaign
for Safe Cosmetics found an average of 14 chemicals in 17 name brand fragrance products, none of them listed on the label.
We are so proud that Wholistic was one of the few companies selected by the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics to be listed in their Market Shift report.
She started making lipsticks because she wasn't happy with what was on the market and thinks women should have access to
safe cosmetics.
Retailers have recently become privy to the use of GMOs in cosmetics, asking questions and touting non-GMO beauty products as important to
the safe cosmetics industry.
CRYSTAL is a member of the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics.
Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics.
The Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics has been trying to get Johnson & Johnson, the largest health care company in the world mind you, to modify the signature product for two and a half years.
(And, in the interest of full disclosure, 3 Green Angels has been hired by The Story of Stuff Project and the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics to host an #ecowed Twitter party to promote The Story of Cosmetics.)
So, I was excited when I learned that The Story of Stuff Project, in conjunction with the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics, was releasing a new video — The Story of Cosmetics.
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All of Belly Buttons and Babies products are rated a «0» for toxins on the Campaign for
Safe cosmetics» Skin Deep Database!
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If you're ever unsure, there are a bounty of resources that can help decode what's in the products and food you buy, such as the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics and the Environmental Working Group.
According to O'Dwyers, Stanton also represents The Formaledehyde Council, coincidentally the same group that left snarky comments on Mom blogs after we blogged about the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics» Toxic Tub report.
And Should We Support
the Safe Cosmetics Act?
As signers of the Campaign for
Safe Cosmetics, and as members of the Organic Trade Association, Nature's Baby Organics adheres to the manufacturing standards set forth by The Environmental Working Group.