Healthy beauty : your guide to ingredients to avoid and products you can trust / Samuel S. Epstein with Randall Fitzgerald ; [foreword by Quentin D. Young.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781935251729
- ISBN: 1935251724
- Physical Description: x, 283 p. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st Benbella Books pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Benbella Books, 2010, c2009.
Content descriptions
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. |
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Subject: | Cosmetics > Toxicology. Toilet preparations > Toxicology. Women > Health and hygiene. Consumer education. |
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Table of Contents
Healthy Beauty : Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword | p. ix | |
Introduction: Why You're at Risk | p. 1 | |
Part 1 | How Our Products Got Toxic | p. 13 |
Chapter 1 | History's Beauty Industry Influences | p. 15 |
Chapter 2 | The Chemical Threat to Your Health | p. 23 |
Chapter 3 | Losing the Winnable Cancer War | p. 41 |
Chapter 4 | You Lost Your "Right to Know" | p. 51 |
Part 2 | Identifying Product Dangers | p. 65 |
Chapter 5 | Products Targeting Infants and Children | p. 67 |
Chapter 6 | Products Targeting Women | p. 87 |
Chapter 7 | Products Targeting Beauty and Nail Salons | p. 105 |
Chapter 8 | Products Targeting Sun Workshippers | p. 121 |
Chapter 9 | Products Targeting Youth Seekers | p. 139 |
Chapter 10 | Products Targeting Everyone | p. 155 |
Part 3 | Getting Us Out of Danger | p. 171 |
Chapter 11 | Reforming the Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Industry | p. 173 |
Chapter 12 | Two Healthy Trends in Your Future | p. 189 |
Chapter 13 | A Guide to Protecting You and Your Family | p. 207 |
Appendix 1 | Toxic Ingredients Tear-Out Sheet | p. 217 |
Appendix 2 | Resources for Your Health | p. 221 |
Appendix 3 | Industry Trade Associations and What They Conceal from You | p. 223 |
Appendix 4 | Badges of Honor | p. 235 |
References | p. 239 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 257 | |
Index | p. 261 | |
About the Authors | p. 281 |