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Healthy beauty : your guide to ingredients to avoid and products you can trust / Samuel S. Epstein with Randall Fitzgerald ; [foreword by Quentin D. Young.

Epstein, Samuel S. (Author). Fitzgerald, Randall. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781935251729
  • ISBN: 1935251724
  • Physical Description: x, 283 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Benbella Books pbk. ed.
  • Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Benbella Books, 2010, c2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Why you're at risk -- How our products got toxic -- Identifying product dangers -- Getting us out of danger -- Appendices.
Subject: Cosmetics > Toxicology.
Toilet preparations > Toxicology.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Consumer education.

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Healthy Beauty : Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust
Healthy Beauty : Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust
by Epstein, Samuel S.; Fitzgerald, Randall
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Table of Contents

Healthy Beauty : Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Forewordp. ix
Introduction: Why You're at Riskp. 1
Part 1How Our Products Got Toxicp. 13
Chapter 1    History's Beauty Industry Influencesp. 15
Chapter 2    The Chemical Threat to Your Healthp. 23
Chapter 3    Losing the Winnable Cancer Warp. 41
Chapter 4    You Lost Your "Right to Know"p. 51
Part 2Identifying Product Dangersp. 65
Chapter 5    Products Targeting Infants and Childrenp. 67
Chapter 6    Products Targeting Womenp. 87
Chapter 7    Products Targeting Beauty and Nail Salonsp. 105
Chapter 8    Products Targeting Sun Workshippersp. 121
Chapter 9    Products Targeting Youth Seekersp. 139
Chapter 10    Products Targeting Everyonep. 155
Part 3Getting Us Out of Dangerp. 171
Chapter 11    Reforming the Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Industryp. 173
Chapter 12    Two Healthy Trends in Your Futurep. 189
Chapter 13    A Guide to Protecting You and Your Familyp. 207
Appendix 1Toxic Ingredients Tear-Out Sheetp. 217
Appendix 2Resources for Your Healthp. 221
Appendix 3Industry Trade Associations and What They Conceal from Youp. 223
Appendix 4Badges of Honorp. 235
Referencesp. 239
Acknowledgmentsp. 257
Indexp. 261
About the Authorsp. 281

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