Beauty

[bellaartiste]

There is no FDA regulation for cosmetics. Some lipsticks can have 5 times more lead than what is allowed in food.

There is no safety with cosmetics. You are on your own. 

There are great lipstick lines without lead. RMS is one of them, but there are many more clean lipsticks. 

[Etoile308]

Is there a legitimate source of this information?

[persiflage]

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@monicakm wrote:
This is probably not news to many of you. And I would have to think there are more companies than these six.
There were many toxins but the main culprit was lead.

Toxic lipstick
Revlon
L'Oreal
MAC
CoverGirl
Wet and Wild
Maybelline

The video did go on to say that the cheaper brands contained more toxic chemicals.

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This isn't something I even think about. 

FDA established requirements/guidelines on lead levels in externally applied cosmetics, it is something like 10 parts per million.  Lipstick with red pigment will have a higher lead level than a different shade by the same manufacturer.  Lead isn't being added it is an impurity in color. 

Not to minimize the importance of avoiding lead but the levels contained in cosmetic products is not an issue for me.

I just searched for EPA guideline lead in public playground soil, in a federally funded project bare soil can have 400 parts per million and 1200 for non play areas.

Toothpaste has lead in it too.  

Running now to brush my teeth, apply lipstick and go out for the day.

[Etoile308]

Unless things have changed, my understanding is that there is FDA oversight of cosmetics. In fact, going to their website there is a section devoted to it. 

Their ability to regulate expanded with the 2022 Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act.

[SilleeMee]

The FDA does regulate cosmetics under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act but has limited jurisdiction and no pre-approval of products before they hit the market. The FDA doesn't allow lead to be present in cosmetics but they consider it an unavoidable contaminant and the limits of lead content has been determined to be less than an amount that would pose a safety risk. 

[Sooner]

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@on the bay wrote:

I guess we shouldn't be surprised.

I read that there is lead in rice, especially the brown rice!

And in wine, especially the cheaper ones.

Who knew?!

Thanks for posting about this @monicakm.

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@on the bay Edit:  No it was arsenic I was thinking about--but just reading high heavy metals in a lot of rice, including grown in SE US.  From what I remember there is more lead or something bad in rice from Louisiana and maybe Arkansas--I'm thinking MIssissippi River Delta. And less is California rice--which is why I always get California grown from Lundberg.  I order it from them about 2 times a year.  

[tansy]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

The FDA does regulate cosmetics under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act but has limited jurisdiction and no pre-approval of products before they hit the market. The FDA doesn't allow lead to be present in cosmetics but they consider it an unavoidable contaminant and the limits of lead content has been determined to be less than an amount that would pose a safety risk. 

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I am surprised that the FDA's department for cosmetic safety is still funded 🤷‍♀️

Lead appears to be in many brands, high-and low-end. At this point I will take my chances.

[monicakm]

How odd. I posted a platform and the name of the video earlier this week and many of you complained to me for not including bullet points. So this time I added the information instead of the name of the YouTube video and now you want the name of the video. Humm /: YouTube has a search option

[Etoile308]

@monicakm, there is nothing in your OP that indicates your information came from a YouTube video. 

I would never consider YouTube as a reliable source of information. To each their own. 

To me this seemed like a television fear mongering snippet of the type they air during sweeps. 

Has anyone done a recent study newer than ten plus years ago?

[on the bay]

@Sooner,Oh yes, arsenic too in rice!