Not So Sexy Report
Short of sending your favorite perfume to a lab for testing, shoppers have no way of knowing what’s hiding in beauty products, or even baby shampoo.
Short of sending your favorite perfume to a lab for testing, shoppers have no way of knowing what’s hiding in beauty products, or even baby shampoo.
BCPP’s Campaign for Safe Cosmetics worked with cosmetics industry leaders between 2004 and 2011 to raise the bar for product safety and grow demand for personal care products that are free of harmful chemicals.
BCPP’s Campaign for Safe Cosmetics purchased and reviewed labels of Johnson’s Baby Shampoo sold in 13 countries for quaternium-15, a chemical preservative that kills bacteria by releasing formaldehyde.
This hormonally active chemical in the lining of canned foods has been linked to breast cancer and a host of other health concerns.
Bisphenol A is a toxic chemical found that leaches into food found in many canned child food favorites.
This report provides a snapshot in time of retailers’ progress toward meeting the growing consumer demand for safer personal care products.
Thanks to public outcry, BPA is no longer used in baby bottles or infant formula containers. But a closer look at the science reveals that this focus on babies misses a fundamental and urgent issue.
No one should face a breast cancer diagnosis because of their job. Unfortunately, workers across a wide range of sectors, from teachers to firefighters, have a significantly higher chance of facing the disease than the general population does.
Test results show that a toxic contaminant linked to cancer known as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was found in anti-aging products from beloved brands Garnier and CoverGirl.
Lab tests show that kids’ face paint and makeup contain frightening ingredients like arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and lead. We also found other creepy chemicals, such as toxic VOCs (volatile organic compounds), and known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, lurking both on and off the label of kids’ Halloween and play makeup.