Lipstick and Lead - A Kiss of Death?
For quite some time, there have been concerns and many emails circulating the world with regards to lead content in cosmetics, and more particularly, lead in lipstick.
Perhaps it would be best if lead were described and explained further.
Lead is a heavy metal just like mercury.
Lead is poisonous.
It accumulates in bone and soft tissues over time; it damages the nervous connections thereby causing brain and/or blood disorders, especially in children.
Long term exposure to lead can cause nephropathy.
The majority of adult elevated blood lead levels are at the workplace/workplace related.
Lead exposure has been linked to schizophrenia.
Lead is thought to affect women's fertility.
Which products can lead be found in? In damaging amounts, lead can be found in vinyl (especially in electrical cords), brass that is manufactured in China, stoneware, as a coloring element in ceramic glazes, glazing bars of stained glass, in candles to treat the wick (supposedly North American and European manufacturers use zinc instead, but what about the importers?), in 2007 toys made in China were recalled because of the lead content in paint utilized, to name a few.
Health Canada claims that the levels of lead found in several lipsticks for sale within Canada do not pose a health risk for consumers.
It was decided that lipskik be tested after a U.
S.
group (The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics) reported findings about lead in lipstick.
Health Canada tested 26 products and found 21 of them contained lead.
One lipstick contained 6.
3 ppm (parts per million)! Canada uses 10ppm as its safety limit and the US, 5ppm.
Any excess would require a safety-hazard warning.
Unfortunately for the consumers, Health Canada is not disclosing any brand names from their test results, as they deemed it CONFIDENTIAL.
As a consumer, are you not concerned about your health? Why then do Canada and other governments protect large corporations that could clearly affect our health? And if they feel that the levels are harmless, why then do they not let us choose for ourselves? Is it because large corporations need to be protected more that people.
Do big companies and big money play a role in the decisions our governments make? Scientific evidence claims there is NO SAFE LEVEL of LEAD in the blood.
Obviously, one application every so often is probably harmless, but consider how often lipstick is applied each day! Consider that lead builds up in the blood and does not disappear, ever.
Perhaps it would be best if lead were described and explained further.
Lead is a heavy metal just like mercury.
Lead is poisonous.
It accumulates in bone and soft tissues over time; it damages the nervous connections thereby causing brain and/or blood disorders, especially in children.
Long term exposure to lead can cause nephropathy.
The majority of adult elevated blood lead levels are at the workplace/workplace related.
Lead exposure has been linked to schizophrenia.
Lead is thought to affect women's fertility.
Which products can lead be found in? In damaging amounts, lead can be found in vinyl (especially in electrical cords), brass that is manufactured in China, stoneware, as a coloring element in ceramic glazes, glazing bars of stained glass, in candles to treat the wick (supposedly North American and European manufacturers use zinc instead, but what about the importers?), in 2007 toys made in China were recalled because of the lead content in paint utilized, to name a few.
Health Canada claims that the levels of lead found in several lipsticks for sale within Canada do not pose a health risk for consumers.
It was decided that lipskik be tested after a U.
S.
group (The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics) reported findings about lead in lipstick.
Health Canada tested 26 products and found 21 of them contained lead.
One lipstick contained 6.
3 ppm (parts per million)! Canada uses 10ppm as its safety limit and the US, 5ppm.
Any excess would require a safety-hazard warning.
Unfortunately for the consumers, Health Canada is not disclosing any brand names from their test results, as they deemed it CONFIDENTIAL.
As a consumer, are you not concerned about your health? Why then do Canada and other governments protect large corporations that could clearly affect our health? And if they feel that the levels are harmless, why then do they not let us choose for ourselves? Is it because large corporations need to be protected more that people.
Do big companies and big money play a role in the decisions our governments make? Scientific evidence claims there is NO SAFE LEVEL of LEAD in the blood.
Obviously, one application every so often is probably harmless, but consider how often lipstick is applied each day! Consider that lead builds up in the blood and does not disappear, ever.
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