 Campaign
for Safe Cosmetics
Safecosmetics.org
May, 2008-Ask Avon, "The
Company for Women," to Protect Mom's Health!
Mom is ageless, but should she wish to
pamper her skin, we want her lotions and potions to be safe.
Avon's Mother's Day gift bag
contains two creams, ANEW Alternative Intensive Age Treatment SPF 25 and ANEW
Alternative Intensive Eye Cream. If Mom were to use both of these creams, she
would be exposed to:
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diazolidinyl urea (which may be derived from urine and
contaminated with formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical);
-
propylene
glycol (an ingredient with strong contamination concerns);
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oxybenzone (dangers associated with enhanced skin
penetration; linked to cancer, hormone disruption);
-
undisclosed
ingredients in "fragrance"
(may include phthalates, linked to birth defects and cancer);
-
four
different parabens (which have been found in
breast tumors and linked to endocrine
disruption); and
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dozens of other ingredients with health concerns or
that have never been tested for safety.
These aren't the only Avon
products that we hope mom will avoid. The Skin Deep database contains 356 Avon products,
84 of which score in the highest hazard range (between 7 and 10 on a scale of 1
to 10) due to ingredients linked to cancer, endocrine disruption, developmental
or reproductive toxicity, allergies and contamination concerns (impurities
linked to cancer, for example).
Why is the "company for
women," the company behind the famous Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, putting
unsafe and untested ingredients in products moms use daily? If Avon really wants to support women, it should support
their long-term health.
Here's the heartening news: On May 1, a
full 25 percent of Avon shareholders voted in favor of a resolution that
requested the company report on policies regarding potentially dangerous,
unlabeled nanomaterials
in products. The vote shows that Avon
shareholders are open to improvement - so let's push them to make more
commitments to women's health!
Ask Avon for safe products this
Mother's Day! »
 Catch the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics on tour! Stacy Malkan, author of Not Just a Pretty Face, will be visiting Portland, Maine, New Haven, Conn., Beverly Hills, Calif., Chicago and San Francisco this month
to talk about the ugly myth of cosmetics safety. Click here for event dates »
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