News tagged with cosmetics
FDA: Yes, lots of lipsticks contain lead
Sep 05, 2009 |
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The good news: After a long, tight-lipped silence, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration tested lipsticks for lead -- a move that eco-nonprofit organizations like Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have been calling for years. After ...
Big on obesogens: Biologist believes industrial pollutants contributing to America's obesity epidemic
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With obesity emerging as a leading health threat to Americans, it’s easy to blame a couch-potato culture addicted to calorie-rich foods. But UC Irvine biologist Bruce Blumberg doesn’t believe ...
Baby bathwater contains fragrance allergens
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 17, 2009 |
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A group of chemists from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC, Spain) has developed a method to quantify the fragrance allergens found in baby bathwater. The researchers have analysed real samples ...
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Safer hair dyes and cosmetics to be made from Shetland seaweed
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Scientists have launched a project to make hair dye out of seaweed from around the Shetland Islands.
New use for waste cooking oil is found
Feb 22, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say waste cooking oil from restaurant deep fryers -- known as "yellow grease" -- could be transformed into therapeutic cosmetics.
EBay wins court fight against L'Oreal in UK
May 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A British court on Friday ruled that Internet marketplace eBay is not liable for bogus beauty products sold on its Web site, dealing a blow to cosmetics company L'Oreal's campaign against the online auction giant.
Are everyday products from cosmetics to household cleaners causing the high rates of breast cancer?
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Has the key to reducing breast cancer gotten lost in the race for a cure? A new book, No Family History, presents compelling evidence that exposure to everyday products such as cosmetics and toiletries, hormones in food, ...
Traditional folk medicine being studied
Jul 07, 2006 |
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Researchers from both the National Institutes of Health and the cosmetics industry are studying folk medicine to come up with new products and treatments.
Study of 'Ouzo effect' may lead to design of improved drugs, cosmetics
Feb 18, 2008 |
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Scientists studying the cloudy emulsions produced by anise-flavored liquors such as Ouzo have discovered new molecular insights into their formation, findings that could lead to the design of better commercial emulsions used ...
US study finds carcinogens in kids' bath products
Mar 14, 2009 |
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Dozens of popular children's bath products marketed in the United States contain two cancer-causing chemicals, a consumer safety watchdog group said in a report published Friday.
EPA announces research strategy to study nanomaterials
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 29, 2009 |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. Nanomaterials are materials that are between approximately ...
EBay calls on EU to change luxury brand rules
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EBay Inc. called Thursday on the European Union to change antitrust rules that allow luxury manufacturers to choose who can sell their branded goods online.
Report finds contaminants in baby products
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Protecting J.J., the 4-month-old son of Shawna Bader-Blau, is time-consuming, what with checking labels, reading safety information, buying chemical-free baby wipes and finding phthalate-free baby bottles.
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