Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It

By Randall Fitzgerald and Samuel S. Epstein

What do your lipstick, deodorant and hand soap have in common? They, along with many other cosmetics and personal-care products, all contain chemical ingredients known to be toxic-ingredients shown in human studies and laboratory tests to cause cancer and disrupt the hormonal balance of the body. We trust the Food and Drug Administration to protect us from toxic ingredients in our cosmetics and personal-care products. But the reality is it has failed to do so. The responsibility for safety testing lies with the product industry, which recklessly disregards consumer health in favor of profit. Protecting Yourself Is Up To You In Toxic Beauty, Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, former professor of environmental health and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, warns of the toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal-care products we use every day, and educates readers on safe alternatives. In these pages, you'll find: The five categories of common toxic ingredients Access to toxic-ingredients tear sheets Nontoxic alternatives to toxic products The new trends, such as green chemistry and certified organic products, that are finally making your personal-care products safer You can protect yourself and your family from the short-and long-term dangers of toxic products. Toxic Beauty shows you how. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933771623
• ISBN13: 9781933771625
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"