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The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a San Francisco-based NGO, is using Breast Cancer Awareness month to urge Procter & Gamble to eliminate DMDM hydantoin, an effective preservative, from its cosmetic formulas.
“Chemicals linked to cancer have no place in anyone’s beauty routine; Procter & Gamble should take immediate action to eliminate carcinogens from all its brands and products,” said Janet Nudelman, director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. “Even low levels of cancer chemicals can add up to real harm and contribute to a woman’s breast cancer risk especially when they are found in multiple products she uses every day, such as shampoos and other hair products, creams, eye shadows, blushes, and nail polish."
P&G is the first target of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ Cosmetics Without Cancer Campaign. The Campaign’s goal is to get the world’s multinational cosmetics giants to stop using chemicals identified as carcinogens in cosmetics and personal care products.
The NGO noted that a legislative proposal to increase the US Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate cosmetics, including banning cancer-causing chemicals, was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in 2009, 2011 and again in 2013. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) is expected to introduce cosmetics reform legislation in the Senate.
“Chemicals linked to cancer have no place in anyone’s beauty routine; Procter & Gamble should take immediate action to eliminate carcinogens from all its brands and products,” said Janet Nudelman, director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. “Even low levels of cancer chemicals can add up to real harm and contribute to a woman’s breast cancer risk especially when they are found in multiple products she uses every day, such as shampoos and other hair products, creams, eye shadows, blushes, and nail polish."
P&G is the first target of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ Cosmetics Without Cancer Campaign. The Campaign’s goal is to get the world’s multinational cosmetics giants to stop using chemicals identified as carcinogens in cosmetics and personal care products.
The NGO noted that a legislative proposal to increase the US Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate cosmetics, including banning cancer-causing chemicals, was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in 2009, 2011 and again in 2013. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) is expected to introduce cosmetics reform legislation in the Senate.