It’s a great day for safe cosmetics and your health!
On days like today, it seems actually possible that we can make the world a safer and healthier place. Or at least, we’re going to have a lot of fun trying!
On that note, I invite you to watch and share Annie Leonard’s awesome new 7-minute film that reveals the toxic truth about the products we put on our bodies – and shows us what we can do about it. As Annie explains in The Story of Cosmetics, it’s not the choices we make at the store, but the choices made behind the scenes – by industry and the government – that will determine the health of our families and the planet.
And that brings me to the really good news. This week, we are also celebrating the introduction of the federal Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 — the first attempt in more than 70 years to overhaul cosmetics regulations to eliminate the use of cancer-causing chemicals and other harmful ingredients.
This legislation is a major step toward the day when baby shampoos don’t contain cancer-causing chemicals, and teenagers don’t have a dozen hormone-altering cosmetic chemicals in their bodies – and toward the day when we can walk into any store and buy non-toxic products that are safe for our health.
Sometimes, it feels like change is not possible. But then there are days like today – when mainstream media from Parents magazine to Pittsburgh Post Gazette run major stories about protecting our health from toxic chemicals; and we are launching a new film with the fabulous Annie Leonard (who was just featured on the front page of LA Times); and we are finally about to see the introduction of safe cosmetics legislation that has been in the works for almost a decade.
Please join us in celebrating today by doing two things right now:
Blog, Facebook, Tweet and tell all your friends about The Story of Cosmetics with Annie Leonard: www.storyofcosmetics.org
And take action to support the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics website: www.safecosmetics.org.
Together, we can give the beauty industry a makeover and create a healthy, more beautiful future for us all!
- Posted by Stacy Malkan on July 22, 2010 at 5:00 am
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Tagged as: Body, consumer safety, cosmetics, Environment, health, toxicity, wellness
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Stacy, AWESOME on the introduction of the Safe Cosmetics Act & the video. Thank you for all your contributions in making it possible for us to have safer, healthier options out there! Woohoo on progress!
How exciting that the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 has been introduced. Thank you and your staff for doing so much to educate the masses regarding harmful ingredients in every day products, foods and our environment.
Annie Leonard’s videos are great. I’ve been sharing them on facebook and twitter
This is great!
Contact your legislators now to support the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5500/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3621
and the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6639/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3503
Use the Skin Deep database before you go shopping, http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
We need all hands on deck in every way possible!
Thanks Stacy — I too am hopeful that we can get to higher ground with new updated laws that replace toxic chemicals in products we use on our SKIN with safer alternatives. Let’s all make the most of this moment and speak out!
Great job once again, Stacy! Everyone, please forward the video far and wide, and let your reps know you want them to co-sponsor the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010!
Yay! The bill was introduced on my birthday, a day I now mark as not only the day of my birth, but the date two years ago when I decided to DO something and start taking care of ME.
I LOVE the positive attitude on this otherwise negativity. The message is simple. we didnt know, then we found out, we did something about it and now there is a Law to stop it happening! Now its time to share the info. TQ Annie- its a very fine job that you are doing.
Great article! It’s time for change. Posted the video to my facebook page for all my lovely ladies to watch.
thanks for your sharing !!!!!
This is great! My eyes have been opened. I went to this website that has an enormous database of cosmetics rated for safety. It is
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com
I grabbed ALL of my products from my bathroom and sat down and skimmed through them on the database, I WAS SHOCKED. My Kiss My Face liqui soap in ‘Peaceful Patchouli’ none the less is rated a 5 our of 10 (moderate hazard) and contains ingredients linked to Cancer, Developmental/reproductive toxicity…WOW! I always considered myself to buy ‘natural’ products. Ha! My Kiss My Face Sunscreen ‘Sunswat SPF 15′ went into the trash too. It rated a 7 out of 10! (“Not recommend” “Health Hazard”) Eeek! Looking through the database I noticed that scented products (or products that contain ‘Fragrance’) were the most toxic. So ‘Fragrance Free’ is what I am looking for now!
Thanks for helping me out Kris, by bringing this to my attention!
Ooops! I mean THANK YOU STACY!
Interesting fact: The Simply Divine Botanicals are not to be found on the database search?
Kookie Karma is misleading as well. Fat Grams, Sat fat, Sugar etc….