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Lawmaker: Remove Toxic Nailpolish now!
NY Post ^ | May 15, 2005 | Paul Tharp

Posted on 05/16/2005 6:19:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

In a new war with the $35 billion cosmetics industry, a Manhattan lawmaker is preparing to seek a ban in New York of the sale of cosmetics with suspected links to cancer, asthma and birth defects. The chemicals — known as DBP and DEHP — are widely used here in nail polish, lipstick, shampoo, deodorant and other grooming products, mainly as a binding agent for colors, but are banned in the European Union because they were deemed hazardous to women.

Assemblyman Scott Stringer (D-Manhattan), who's introducing the ban in a bill tomorrow, said he's prepared for a firestorm of lobbying from the industry's powerful Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, which worked to kill a similar bill in committee in California's legislature two weeks ago.

Several cosmetic giants, including L'Oreal, Estee Lauder, Aveda, the Body Shop and Unilever, have already removed the suspected harmful chemicals from many of their products. Revlon has also announced it's replacing the chemicals with safer ones. "New York should be at the forefront of assuring greater cosmetics safety," said Stringer.

"Banning these chemicals now in personal grooming products will stop us from looking back 10 or 20 years from now and saying, 'We should have done something before.'"

Consumer alarms over the safety of the ingredients triggered an inquiry by the Food and Drug Administration, which ruled last week that although the chemicals harmed animals, it found nothing harmful to humans. The FDA said it would monitor the chemicals. In its 67-year history, the FDA has banned only nine such ingredients. The cosmetics lobby group says efforts to ban the chemicals are "scare tactics" that are "not only anti-business, but not even based on scientific evidence."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: chemicalhazard; cosmetics
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thank you.


21 posted on 05/16/2005 7:29:21 AM PDT by John Robertson
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I just saw a teaser that our local news (KDKA-Pittsburgh) is doing a report on this story tonight.
Isn't this why we used to test products on animals? Call PETA and complain!


22 posted on 05/16/2005 7:35:10 AM PDT by toothfairy86
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To: John Robertson

I have a life-threatening allergy to latex, seriously. Being around latex gives me an asthma attack. Wearing a glove could put me in your daughter's position in the ER. With that, comes a host of other allergies to plants and foods similar to latex in some way: bananas, kiwis, avocados, etc. And, of all things, birthday party balloons. I blew one up once, and my tongue and whole face swelled, I ended up in the ER.

I don't see latex being banned.


23 posted on 05/16/2005 7:43:39 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
How many billions do women spend on makeup?..or on magazines about using makeup?
bwahahahaha rots of ruck on this venture...it ain't going to be so easy being green on this one...
24 posted on 05/16/2005 8:07:10 AM PDT by joesnuffy (The generation that survived the depression and won WW2 proved poverty does not cause crime)
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To: Judith Anne

Lysol spray and Windex give me migraines if I smell either for more than a few seconds. I'm not real big on perfumes of any sort. I don't see any of 'em being banned. Sometimes I wish perfume-wearers would consider others before dousing themselves, but I don't make a big deal about it.


25 posted on 05/16/2005 8:23:29 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: Gabz

"That never stopped these nannies in the past."

While that's often true, this one might have some merit. These ingrediants appear to be suspect enough that some companies such as Unilever have removed them from their product lines.

Further, small don't appear to be "harmful" these phthalates are oil soluable which means that repeated exposure causes them to accumulate in the body (not flushed out by the water in the body.) A search of Google indicates these compounds show up in other products, hence, further exposures and accumulations. So how much is enough?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=DBP+and+DEHP&btnG=Google+Search

(I've worked in the chemical industry for close to 30 years and people expose themselves to all kinds of hazards they're unaware of. Too, some chemicals receive a much harsher scrutiny than they deserve. Politics and health cause an extreme pain in the a$$) LOL


26 posted on 05/16/2005 8:24:14 AM PDT by Smartaleck
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I wonder how much you would really have to eat for it to cause illness. </sarcasm>


27 posted on 05/16/2005 8:27:25 AM PDT by SolidRedState (E Pluribus Funk --- (Latin taglines are sooooo cool! Don't ya think?))
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To: little jeremiah

When you go into a nail salon, you really do find that the fumes are awful. Just polishing your own nails is no biggie, though. If those cosmetic companies named can get rid of the offending ingredients, why can't the others? Just a question. Don't start flaming me.

Plus, I don't like animal testing. Don't flame me for that, either. Remember, my dog Harm kept me from being date raped.


28 posted on 05/16/2005 8:30:15 AM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Smartaleck
While that's often true, this one might have some merit.

I'm not saying it has no merit, I'm just getting a bit sick and tired of the fear mongering that many of these reports tend to generate.

29 posted on 05/16/2005 8:32:28 AM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: doc30
I hate it when people sue over stuff like that. I throw all that junk in the trash. Every time I get those class action lawsuit things from lawyers. How do they get my name anyway? There ought to be a law against them hunting down clients like that. How do they get my pharmaceutical records??? How do they find out what insurance I have?
30 posted on 05/16/2005 8:34:05 AM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Remove Toxic Nailpolish now!

Sorry, I'm all out of toxic nailpolish remover.

31 posted on 05/16/2005 8:34:08 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: joesnuffy
Hey! Like everything else, we read the labels. If we are allergic to something, then we don't use it. I am very allergic to fragrances in skin care products. I have to use Clinique products, their formulations for the most sensitive type skin. It is not real expensive, as department store skin care products goes. It keeps me out of the dermatologist's office. :) And don't make us out to be so vain. You guys would not look at us if we did not take care of ourselves.
32 posted on 05/16/2005 8:41:00 AM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Goodgirlinred

And if the fumes are so bad, why isn't OSHA involved? THat's a probelm that can be solved with proper ventilation.


33 posted on 05/16/2005 8:54:04 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: doc30

One would think so. The salons I have been in have been family owned by Vietnamese people. I don't go there anymore. Those long fake nails are not safe for changing diapers. LOL! I have a new granddaughter.


34 posted on 05/16/2005 9:06:44 AM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Goodgirlinred

I would never flame anyone for being opposed to testing on animals. I am 100% opposed to it, and I'll get flamed as well.

I am not easy to put in a box. Not all conservatives are the same in every way!


35 posted on 05/16/2005 11:23:52 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Resisting evil is our duty or we are as responsible as those promoting it.)
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To: Gabz

"I'm just getting a bit sick and tired of the fear mongering"

I'm with you. Feel like getting drunk, smoke a pack of cigs, eat a pound of ground round fried in bacon grease and call it a day. LOL


36 posted on 05/16/2005 12:03:38 PM PDT by Smartaleck
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To: Smartaleck

I think I'll join you !!!!! LOL


37 posted on 05/16/2005 12:05:11 PM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: Sacajaweau
Can they tell me how many cancer deaths we have had from nailpolish?

None.

But it's the symbolism that's important. He's taking a stand against cancer, don't you see?

38 posted on 05/16/2005 12:06:47 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
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To: Skooz

Skooz,..how many times do we have to tell you not to do your nails and drive at the same time,....it takes too long to coast to the stop lights and traffic is backing up behind you....


39 posted on 05/16/2005 12:09:43 PM PDT by Cvengr (<;^))
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To: little jeremiah
Thank you. We can stand together and get barbecued together then. :)
40 posted on 05/16/2005 5:39:24 PM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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