Ethanolamines are present in many consumer products ranging from cosmetics, personal care products and household cleaning products. Both have been linked to liver tumors. The European Commission prohibits diethanolamine (DEA) in cosmetics, to reduce contamination from carcinogenic nitrosamines. [1]
When beauty standards reinforce racialized ideas about who is beautiful, successful, or worthy of fair treatment, the result is toxic.
By Tianna Shaw-Wakeman, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator, Black Women for Wellness, and a Advisory Committee Member of the Black Beauty Project When I was a
Featured on CSC’s List of Top Non-Toxic Black Beauty Brands and Non-Toxic Black Beauty Database, we spoke to AcARRE Founder, CEO, and Chief Chemist Tracey
Featured on CSC’s List of Top Non-Toxic Black Beauty Brands and Non-Toxic Black Beauty Database, we spoke to NAIWBE Founder & CEO Sylvia Walker on
After suffering a serious chemical burn from an over-the-counter beauty product, Amber Makupson was fed up of the toxic ingredients damaging so many other women and decided to create Meraki Organics, a non-toxic vegan haircare brand infused with gemstones to nourish skin, hair, body and soul.
Top Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics Use our lists below to see how your products stack up. These are the most common toxic chemical ingredients in cosmetics. For
Nitrosamines are impurities that can show up in a wide array of cosmetics ingredients—including diethanolamine (DEA) and triethanolamine (TEA)—and products.
Businesses Thousands of clean cosmetic companies are joining with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics to make safer, non-toxic beauty products the new normal. Will you
Fragrance Disclosure Did you know there are secret, unlabeled, and often toxic fragrance and flavor chemical ingredients in many common personal care products? TAKE ACTION
Interactions Social, environmental and individual characteristics interact to both shape a person’s exposures and how their body responds to that exposure. Introduction Age, gender, culture,
Chemicals of Concern in Cosmetics Our Red List is a resource for businesses to assess the safety of the ingredients in the personal care products
For Immediate Release: Monday, December 22, 2014 After defending its use of carcinogens, Revlon reformulates to stake a claim in the growing safe cosmetics market SAN
For Immediate Release: May 5th, 2014 OAKLAND, CA–The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced today it has reached the first-ever legal agreements with major companies,
SAN FRANCISCO-On the eve of Mother’s Day, when many sons and daughters purchase cosmetics and personal care products as gifts for their moms, the Campaign
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