Monthly Archives: January 2011

[Since] the FDA does not require cosmetic products to be approved as safe before they’re sold, companies [can] put unlimited amounts of toxic chemicals in cosmetics. Incredibly, the FDA has no legal authority to [require] safety standards on cosmetic makers … Continue reading →

Triclosan persists in the environment, breaks down into substances highly toxic to wildlife, pollutes the human body, and poses health risks that are barely studied and poorly understood. Taken together, many studies now demonstrate that triclosan is certainly not the … Continue reading →

Miles McEvoy, National Organic Program director, announced that the USDA would not act on a November 2009 NOSB recommendation to “Solve the Problem of Mislabeled Organic Personal Care Products.” Nevertheless, because of action by informed consumers like you, [the Organic … Continue reading →

….The FDA has known about 1,4-Dioxane since 1979 and has given terribly delicate tips and suggestions to makers that their merchandise should not contain greater concen-trations of 1,4-Dioxane than 10 ppm, or parts per million. Even with this lenient guideline, … Continue reading →