CANADIAN ECO-GROUP SAYS COSMETIC PRODUCTS CONTAIN TOXINS
May 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CANADIAN environmental group claims to have discovered heavy metal toxins in 10 cosmetics products commonly used in Canada. Environmental Defence sent powders, blushes, foundations, concealers, bronzers, mascaras, eyeliners, eyeshadows, lipsticks and lipglosses to an accredited laboratory. It claimed nickel was found in all products, lead in 96%, beryllium 90%, thallium 61%, cadmium 51%, arsenic 20% and selenium 14%.
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A CANADIAN environmental group claims to have discovered heavy metal toxins in 10 cosmetics products commonly used in Canada. Environmental Defence sent powders, blushes, foundations, concealers, bronzers, mascaras, eyeliners, eyeshadows, lipsticks and lipglosses to an accredited laboratory. It claimed nickel was found in all products, lead in 96%, beryllium 90%, thallium 61%, cadmium 51%, arsenic 20% and selenium 14%.
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