Lipstick

Lipstick, health and environment

The lipsticks and some other products of make-up are manufactured with greasy substances which can dissolve and contain some In particular Polluant S., the Lanoline extracted wool of Mouton could contain significant amounts of pesticides, when the wool provenai of country where the sheep were entirely and regularly soaked in insecticide baths (whose Lindane now prohibited in many countries) to protect them from the Tique S and others Parasite S. the manufacturers is theoretically sensitized with these questions and their products are checked normally various, of the point of seen of their allergenicity in particular. Under particular conditions, these raw materials can have also solubilized soluble poisons in the fat such as the Dioxine S, Furane S, PCB, etc

Nevertheless, various dyes and additives can contain toxic Heavy metals. Thus a study made within the framework of a campaign Campaign for safe cosmetics , by an American association of defense of the consumers showed that in 2007, one still finds lead in 61% of the 33 marks of lipsticks tested, sold with the the United States; the lead rates varied from 0,03 to 0,65 Ppm, amounts which remain relatively weak, but affixed on Muqueuse S, and likely to be in contact with food. Young children can also play with the lipstick). In a third of the cases, these lipsticks contained more lead than it would not be authorized by it in the candies (0,1 ppm), but there is not in the USA of standard for heavy metals in this type of make-up. This study showed that the most expensive lipsticks were often those which contained some more.

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