Why do you think that there are several lobby groups campaigning for safer cosmetics. EU Parliament At the moment the EU parliament is working on legislation to impose stricter laws as to the use of substances used in cosmetics which are carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction.

She was shocked when she did some research and found that one of the. California law changes There was a lot of lobbying by women's groups to get the Californian law changed about what goes into cosmetics. Just look at a report just published which states that chemicals from cosmetics and perfumes were found in the umbilical cords of infants from African American, Asian and Latino backgrounds who were born in the USA. That is just one of the alarm bells which should make us think twice before we buy our next face cream. Most people associate dangers of cosmetics with plastic surgery or Botox injections, but as we can see from the two examples above, there is now an urgency about knowing what to buy and why we need to be more careful before we purchase the next jar of face cream.

A teenager who was involved in the successful campaign wrote an article about her efforts.