Lead in Lipstick - Are Cosmetic Chemists Trying to Kill Consumers?

Perry44 February 12, 2012

Recently, lead in lipstick has been in the news. The FDA came out with a report in which they reviewed 400 samples of lipstick and found trace lead levels in nearly all of them. This prompted cosmetic chemist Colin Sanders to give his thoughts on how much lipstick it would take to give yourself lead poisoning.

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To see more from Colin, check out his beauty blog - Colins Beauty Pages

Categories: Cosmetic Industry

Tags: cosmetic safety, lipstick

Perry44

Perry has been formulating cosmetic products and inventing solutions to solve consumer problems since the early 1990’s. Additionally, he has written and edited numerous articles and books, taught continuing education classes for industry scientists, and developed successful websites. His latest book is Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry 3rd Edition published by Allured.

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