Tag: cosmetics
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Johnson & Johnson faces a $110 million verdict in baby powder suit
A Virginia woman just won a record-setting $110.5 million in a lawsuit that alleges that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. 62-year-old Louis Slemp of Wise, Virginia is the latest in a line of plaintiffs with similar claims, including three previous St. Louis juries who awarded a total of $197 million,…
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Advocates Petition FDA: Remove Neurotoxin from Hairdye
WASHINGTON — A group of public health advocates today announced that the Food and Drug Administration will consider removing its approval of lead acetate in hair dyes such as Grecian Formula. The group filed a joint petition that requires FDA to revisit a 1980 decision allowing the neurotoxin and carcinogen to remain in hair dye.…
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Lead and Lipstick: Shades of Darkness
Coloring our puckers can come at a high cost – luxury-branded lipsticks aside. It’s the health cost that is causing more women concern as they think before they don the latest shades from global beauty brands. A Food and Drug Administration study from 2012 showed that several hundred lipsticks from 20 popular brands all contained…