Skin Deep (EWG)
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Skin Deep is an ongoing research project of the Environmental Working Group to catalogue and evaluate the botanical and chemical ingredients in cosmetics products. Currently, more than 14,000 products and 7000 ingredients have been checked against 37 publicly accountable data sources such as the Ingredients Review Panel and International Agency for Research on Cancer. The investigators scored ingredients based on whether they were known or suspected to cause a particular health effect, irrespective of amount present in the final product [1]. EWG belongs to a coalition of other organizations known as the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
From a letter sent to EWG, FDA claims that "The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act contains no provision that requires demonstration to FDA of the safety of ingredients of cosmetic products... prior to marketing the product."
The Cosmetics, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association questioned many of EWG's findings [2].
[edit] External links
- Skin Deep Report and the Environmental Working Group
- Campaign for Safe Cosmetics [3]
- Cosmetics, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association
- Cosmetics Ingredients Review Panel a voluntary industry safety review board.
- FDA Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the safety of cosmetics.
