Higher cancer rates in Black women could be due to toxic cosmetics, EWG study finds
Some 80 percent of a sample of 4,000 cosmetic products marketed to women of color contain at least one hazardous ingredient, and most contain multiple, a study conducted by the Environmental Working Group has found. The post Higher cancer rates in Black women could be due to toxic cosmetics, EWG study finds appeared first on Global Cosmetics News.
THE WHAT? Some 80 percent of a sample of 4,000 cosmetic products marketed to women of color contain at least one hazardous ingredient, and most contain multiple, a study conducted by the Environmental Working Group has found.
THE DETAILS According to a report published by The Guardian, the authors suspect that toxic load in these products is responsible for the higher incidence of uterine and breast cancers in this demographic.
Among the toxins found in products commonly used by women of color, such as hair relaxers and skin lightening creams, were formaldehyde, quats and lilial. The EWG advises that shoppers check its database of personal care products before purchasing.
THE WHY? Alexa Friedman, Senior Scientist and Study Co-author with the Environmental Working Group told The Guardian, “The cosmetics industry continues to fail consumers by not ensuring safer products. No one should have to worry that their daily beauty routine is putting their health at risk.
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