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SLS AND “PEG”

CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE COSMETICS

1,4-Dioxane Research Summary Page.

http://safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=288

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1,4-Dioxane (CASRN 123-91-1), Integrated Risk Information System, 2003.

www.epa.gov/NCEA/iris/subst/0326.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP

Impurities of Concern in Personal Care Products, 2007.

www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/research/impurities.php.

NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM

Report on Carcinogens, 11th edition; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program, January 2005.

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/eleventh/profiles/s080diox.pdf

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT (OEHAA)

State of California Environmental Protection Agency, Chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, 2004.

http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/files/41604list.html

ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION

Results of Testing for 1,4-Dioxane.

www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/DioxaneResults08.cfm

TRICLOSAN AND TRICLOCARBAN

http://safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=718

TRIETHANOLAMINE (TEA) AND DIETHANOLAMINE (DEA)

CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE COSMETICS

TEA & DEA Research Summary Page.

http://safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=293

L. ZORRILLA, ET AL.

“The effects of Triclosan on Puberty and Thyroid Hormones in Male Wistar Rats,”
Toxicological Sciences
107, no. 1 (2009), pages 56–64.

AHN, ET AL

“In Vitro Biologic Activities of the Antimicrobials Triclocarban, Its Analogs, and Triclosan in Bioassay Screens: Receptor-Based Bioassay Screens,” Environmental Health Perspectives 116, no. 9 (2008), pages 1203–10.

SCCS (SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY)

Preliminary opinion on triclosan antimicrobial resistance, European Commission, Brussels, March 23, 2010.

ON FLUORIDE IN TOOTHPASTE

CHRISTOPHER GAVIGAN

Healthy Child, Healthy World,
page 122.

PHILIP J. LANDRIGAN, MD

www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/tooth-decay

www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/teething

ON RETINOL AND REPRODUCTIVE DEFECTS

PHILIP J. LANDRIGAN, MD

(E-mail exchange with Alexandra Postman)

PESTICIDES ACTION NETWORK DATABASE

Toxicity Information for Retinoic Acid.

www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC42142#Toxicity

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER

www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-a-000331.htm

ON SUNSCREENS

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP

Quick Tips for a Good Sunscreen, 2012.

http://breakingnews.ewg.org/2012sunscreen/top-sun-safety-tips/

PHILIP J. LANDRIGAN, MD

www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/cancer/cancer-services/skin-cancer/prevention-tips

www.mssm.edu/static_files/MSSM/Files/Research/Programs/Pediatric%20Environmental%20Health%20Specialty%20Unit/Sunscreen_2011.pdf

ON DEODORANT

SIOBHAN O’CONNOR AND ALEXANDRA SPUNT

“What’s So Bad about Antiperspirant?”
GOOD.

www.good.is/post/what/

ON NATURAL WOUND AND BRUISE HEALING

JENNIFER PIRTIE

“Medicine Cabinet Makeover.”
Whole Living,
no. 4 (September 2005).

www.wholeliving.com/134288/medicine-cabinet-makeover

ON BRAZILIAN BLOWOUT

WOMEN'S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

Brazilian Blowout information page

Womensvoices.org/campaigns/brazilian-blowout/

ON TALC IN BABY POWDER

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP

Talc Information Page.

www.ewg.org/guides/substances/5917

ON BETTER BATH TOYS

KATHLEEN SCHULER, MPH

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

SMART PLASTICS GUIDE

iatp.org/files/421_2_102202.pdf

chapter 3
HONEST beauty

ON CHEMICALS IN COSMETICS

CADMIUM AND OTHER HEAVY METALS

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA

“Heavy Metal Hazard: The Health Risks of Heavy Metals in Makeup.”

http://environmentaldefence.ca/reports/heavy-metal-hazard-health-risks-hidden-heavy-metals-in-face-makeup

DENISE MANN

“Can Heavy Metals in Food, Cosmetics Spur Breast Cancer Risk?”
Health Day
(April 2012).

http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=664026

HYDROQUINONE

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUPSKIN DEEP DATABASE.

Hydroquinone Toxicity Information Page.

www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/703041/HYDROQUINONE/

WOMEN'S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

15 Toxic Trespassers.

www.womensvoices.org/avoid-toxic-chemicals/15-toxic-trespassers/

“Not So Pretty Toxic Products Marketed to Black Women” (2011).

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Products_Marketed_to_Black_Women.pdf

LEAD

CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE COSMETICS

Letter to the office of Linda Katz, director of the FDA Office on Cosmetics and Colors (2012)

http://safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=951

FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Lead in Lipstick Questions & Answers.

www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm137224.htm#expanalyses

WOMEN'S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

15 Toxic Trespassers.

www.womensvoices.org/avoid-toxic-chemicals/15-toxic-trespassers/

“A Poison Kiss: The Problem of Lead in Lipstick” (2007).

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PoisonKiss1.pdf

MERCURY

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUPSKIN DEEP DATABASE.

Mercury Toxicity Information Page.

www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/703866/MERCURY/

FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Cosmetic Ingredients Prohibited & Restricted by FDA Regulations.

www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/SelectedCosmeticIngredients/ucm127406.htm

ALEXANDRA GORMAN

director of science and research, Women’s Voices for the Earth.

www.womensvoices.org/science/ask-alex/chemicals-in-cosmetics/

TEA AND DEA

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP

Skin Deep database

ewg.org/skindeep/

TOLUENE

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP

Skin Deep Database. Toluene Toxicity Information Page.

www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706577/TOLUENE/

WOMEN’S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

“Glossed Over: Health Hazards Associated with Toxic Exposure in Nail Salons,” Report 2010.

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Glossed_Over.pdf

ON NAIL POLISH AND THE “TOXIC TRIO”

CALIFORNIA HEALTH NAIL SALON COLLABORATIVE

“Understanding the Toxic Trio” (2010).

www.cahealthynailsalons.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Toxic_Trio_EN_March2012.pdf

VIRGINIA SOLE-SMITH

“Toxins Found in ‘Toxin-Free’ Nail Polish: Another Reason Beauty Industry Regulations Need a Makeover,”
Slate—XXFactor Blog
(April 2012).

www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/04/13/toxic_nail_polish_lies_found_on_beauty_industry_labels.html

WOMEN’S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

“Glossed Over: Health Hazards Associated with Toxic Exposure in Nail Salons,” Report 2010.

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Glossed_Over.pdf

ON ACRYLIC NAILS AND NAIL SALON SAFETY

CALIFORNIA HEALTHY NAIL SALONS COLLABORATIVE

“Toxic Beauty No More! Health and Safety of Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers in Southern California,” 2011.

www.cahealthynailsalons.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Nail-Salon-Report-2011.short_.english.pdf

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

“Protecting the Health of Nail Salon Workers,” 2007.

www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/projects/salon/nailsalonguide.pdf

METHYL METHACRYLATE (MMA)

www.epa.gov/iris/subst/1000.htm

WOMEN’S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

“Glossed Over: Health Hazards Associated with Toxic Exposure in Nail Salons,” Report 2010.

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Glossed_Over.pdf

ON KERATIN HAIR STRAIGHTENERS

OREGON OSHA

“‘Keratin-Based’ Hair Smoothing Products and the Presence of Formaldehyde,” Final Report 2010.

www.orosha.org/pdf/Final_Hair_Smoothing_Report.pdf

VIRGINIA SOLE-SMITH

“Hair Salons Still Putting Workers’ Health at Risk with Brazilian Blowout,”
The Investigative Fund Blog,
2012.

www.theinvestigativefund.org/blog/1620/hair_salons_still_putting_workers%27_health_at_risk_with_brazilian_blowout/

WOMEN’S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

“The Blow Up on Blowouts,” Fact Sheet for Consumers and Stylists.

www.womensvoices.org/campaigns/brazilian-blowout/the-blow-up-on-blowouts/

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Hair-Straighteners.pdf

Brazilian Blowout Information Page

www.womensvoices.org/campaigns/brazilian-blowout/

ON TANNING BEDS

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

“2011 Indoor Tanning: Teen and Young Adult Women” Survey.

www.aad.org/stories-and-news/news-releases/new-survey-finds-tanning-salons-are-not-warning-teens-and-young-women-about-the-dangers-of-tanning-beds-

www.aad.org/media-resources/stats-and-facts/prevention-and-care/indoor-tanning

SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION

Tanning Information Page.

www.skincancer.org/healthy-lifestyle/tanning

ON SUNLESS TANNERS

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP SKIN DEEP DATABASE.

Dihydroxyacetone Toxicity Information Page.

www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/701979/DIHYDROXYACETONE/

SIOBHAN O’CONNOR

“Are Sunless Tanners Safe? Making Sense of the New Research about DHA,”
No More Dirty Looks.

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2012/06/are-any-self-tanners-actually-safe-making-sense-of-the-new-research-about-dha/

SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION

“Can Sunless Tanners Cause Skin Cancer?”

www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/ask-the-experts/can-sunless-tanners-cause-cancer

ALEXANDRA SPUNT

“Eat Your Veggies to Look Beautiful.”
No More Dirty Looks.

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2011/01/eat-your-veggies-to-look-beautiful/

ON GEL NAILS

WOMEN’S VOICES FOR THE EARTH

“Glossed Over: Health Hazards Associated with Toxic Exposure in Nail Salons,” Report 2010.

www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Glossed_Over.pdf

ON HAIR DYE

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP SKIN DEEP DATABASE.

Ammonium Persulfate Toxicity Information Page.

www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient/700378/AMMONIUM_PERSULFATE/

Phenylenediamine Toxicity Information Page

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient/704389/P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE/

W. UTER, H. LESSMANN, J. GEIER, AND A. SCHNUCH

“Contact allergy to hairdressing allergens in female hairdressers and clients—current data from the IVDK, 2003-2006,”
Journal of the German Society of Dermatology
5, no. 11 (November 5, 2007),pages 993–1001.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17976140

chapter 4
HONEST style

ON AMERICANS RATE OF PURCHASE AND DISCARD WITH CLOTHING

DEIRDRE IMUS

The Essential Green You,
page 163.

ON PERC IN DRY CLEANING

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Frequently Asked Questions about Dry Cleaning.

www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/garment/ctsa/factsheet/ctsafaq.htm

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

Smarter Living Index: Perchloroethylene (Tetrachloroethylene, PERC, PCE).

www.nrdc.org/living/chemicalindex/perc.asp

KATY SHERLACH, ET AL.

“Quantification of perchloroethylene residues in dry-cleaned fabrics,”
Journal of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
(September 2011).

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.665/abstract

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Reducing Worker Exposure to PERC in Dry Cleaning.

www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/perc.html

ON FLAME RETARDANTS AND KIDS’ PAJAMAS

CHRISTOPHER GAVIGAN

Healthy Child, Healthy World,
page 138.

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