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 A Red Flag for Red Lipsby WiredBerries Editors — October 24, 2007The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has found that more than half of 33 brand-name lipsticks commonly used contained lead. Parents have been worrying about the dangers of lead in their children's toys ever since the China scare, but now they need to confront a new potential hazard: lipstick. In fact, the lead levels in one-third of the lipstick samples, purchased from retailers in four major cities, exceeded 0.1 parts per million, which is considered a health risk. The testing, conducted by Bodycote Testing Group laboratory in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., found the highest levels of lead in several samples of L'Oreal and Cover Girl cosmetics. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no safe level of lead exposure for children and has called for eliminating lead hazards in children's environments. However, the federal government has not cautioned about lead content in lipstick.
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First, kids dying from lead in toys. Now, they find high levels of lead in lipsticks. What's next - lead in food? Are women going to start dying now too from using lipstick too much? Freaky! There's a detailed report about it at: Comment on this Post
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