Because of minimal regulation, products plainly dangerous to your health can be, and are being, sold. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

General Accounting Office report notes that the FDA has committed no resources for assessing the safety problems of those chemicals which have been found to cause genetic damage, biological mutations, and cancer. but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health found that 884 of the chemicals available for use in cosmetics have been reported to the government as toxic substances. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pursues enforcement action only after the cosmetic enters into the stream of commerce or sometimes after it is on the shelf. The FFDCA does not require pre-market safety testing, review, or approval for cosmetics.

Currently, the database reviews and rates 55,943 products,7,311 ingredients, 2,524 brands, and 1,697 companies.Īccording to the Cancer Prevention Coalition,Ĭosmetics are the least regulated products under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The FDA does not regulate the personal products or makeup industries, and companies often use whatever ingredient they wish to, such as industrial chemicals, regardless whether or not they are safe.

If you’ve ever wondered about the ingredients in these products, the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database reviews and rates millions of products on a scale of 0 for least toxic, or the lowest load of objectionable ingredients, to 10 for those products deemed the least safe/cancer causing, etc. In our daily lives, we all use personal care products.

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