Dangerous Lipsticks

[Georgia(SO)]

I received the following info in an email today and thought I'd pass it on. I don't know anything about it - could be an e-hoax, but I thought it was worth considering. (I can't remember the name of the website that debunks e-hoaxes - maybe one of ya'll know it...)

-g(so)



Something to consider next time you go shopping for lipstick......
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> > > >> This comes from someone who works in the breast cancer unit at Mt. Sinai Hospital, in Toronto.

Recently a lipstick brand called "Red Earth" decreased their prices from $67 to $9.90. It contained lead.
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> > > >> Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.
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> > > >> The lipstick brands that contain lead are:
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> > > >> CHRISTIAN DIOR
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> > > >> LANCOME
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> > > >> CLINIQUE
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> > > >> Y.S.L
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> > > >> ESTEE LAUDER
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> > > >> SHISEIDO
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> > > >> RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
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> > > >> CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
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> > > >> MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK.
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> > > >> The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing cancer.
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> > > >> After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L. lipstick
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> > > >> Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer.
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> > > >> If your lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.
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> > > >> Here is the test you can do yourself:
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> > > >> 1. Put some lipstick on your hand.
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> > > >> 2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
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> > > >> 3. If the lipstick colour changes to black,
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> > > >> then you know the lipstick contains lead.
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> > > >> This information is being circulated at
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> > > >> Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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> > > >> Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer,
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> > > >> especially breast cancer.
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[Carol Ann]

Oh my, I wonder why the FDA has not posted this

[DonnaT]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/b ... pstick.htm

This fear-mongering email is long on misinformation and short on verified facts. Laboratory tests have shown that some name-brand lipsticks sold in the U.S. do contain trace amounts of lead from the dyes used in their manufacture, but the lead content of these coloring agents is strictly controlled by the Food & Drug Administration to meet currently accepted safety standards and pose no serious health threat, according to a statement from the American Cancer Society.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/lead-lipstick.html

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/lipstick.asp

[Kyra]

Snopes is my fav for debunking all the horror stories I'm fed. (Donna supplied the link)

Hugs,
Kyra

[Georgia(SO)]

thanks for the info, DonnaT - like I said, I figured there was a good possibility it was an e-hoax, but ya never know

-g(so)

[Lisa(SO)]

Whew I almost panicked when I saw Estee Lauder on there!!
Thanks for giving us the links Donna T

[Amanda Barber]

Oh my, I wonder why the FDA has not posted this

As usual because "it has lead in it" is chemicly true, but meaningless.
Most of the lipsticks listed have a small amount of zinc or a zinc oxide as a sunblock ingredient. Zinc, even the zinc thats a mineral in multi vitamins, can have
.004% (4/1000s of 1 percent)lead and be concidered chemicly pure.
If you were to burn/vaporize that metal (even with the .004% lead content)
it would meet the EPA air quality safe standards for lead. Most of the lead hysteria is a carry over from lead based paint which contained "Sugar of lead", this is lead oxide treated with an acid. It is VERY toxic and VERY sweet tasting, absorbs into the body quickly and binds with tissue causing a cumuative buildup.


Oh, and on a sidenote Gold isn't a catylist

[Karren Hutton]

Well, l'oreal isn't on the list and that's all I wear..... Even the fakers know L'oreal is really really good!! hehe

Karren

[Summer]

Just a thought, for those of you who have not come out to you SO, I think you would have a better chance of getting slapped silly by you SO for traces of Lipstick, and not on your collar. But traces left by the long lasting lipsticks.
Just a thought.
Summer