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

Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health... and What You Can Do About It
by Samuel S. Epstein

Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health... and What You Can Do About It
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Author: Samuel S. Epstein
Contributor: Randall Fitzgerald
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-17
ISBN: 1933771623
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: BenBella Books

Book Reviews of Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health... and What You Can Do About It

Book Review: DONNA FISHER Author of Silent Fields and More Silent Fields
Summary: 5 Stars

If we wish to prevent breast cancer as an individual or as a whole society TOXIC BEAUTY is a must to read. As it takes so long for governments to protect us against toxic agents we as individuals must educate and protect ourselves against any agent that is even questionable regarding developing breast cancer. This book lifts the lid on many products that we use everyday. It is frightening to think that some cosmetics and skincare products can play such a role in breast cancer. It is also frightening to know that many cosmetic companies with a high profile in the fight against breast cancer also have products that contain questionable substances. If we stop buying these products they might get the message that they must change the ingredients in their products. If the celebrities that are paid huge amounts of money to endorse these products read this book, hopefully they will take responsibility also and send out a clear message that carcinogens in any form in our personal care products should be banned. Thankfully, Toxic Beauty names some of the culprits.

Donna Fisher Author
Silent Fields The Growing Cancer Cluster Story When Electricity Kills...
More Silent Fields Cancer and the Dirty Electricity Plague The Missing Link...

Summary of Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health... and What You Can Do About It

Confronting the unknown hazards of the cosmetics industry, this in-depth investigation provides the lowdown on potential health risks, from the store to the salon. Detailing the carelessness with which women's cosmetics and antiaging products are made and the toxins in men?s deodorant, cologne, and aftershave, this revealing study shows how consumers can put themselves and even their unborn children in danger daily by simply applying lipstick or moisturizer. Outlining a simple beauty regimen and a variety of positive alternatives, this resource educates consumers on how to identify potentially harmful ingredients and protect themselves from their possible long-term effects.

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