Marie Redding, Senior Editor08.17.21
The clean beauty trend isn’t a passing fad—it’s a movement that’s growing due to new data demonstrating the need for cosmetic ingredient regulation, advocates say. Media coverage continues to fuel consumer's concerns. Last year, Vogue covered the documentary "Toxic Beauty," with the attention-grabbing headline: Are Skin Care Products the New Cigarettes?
A recent article in The Guardian calls standards for beauty ingredients in the U.S. "lax," which they are, since the FDA has no authority to review ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. EWG's Scott Faber writes: "The U.S. has fallen far behind our international trading partners in the regulation of cosmetics. More than 40 nations have taken steps to ban or restrict, in combination, more than
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