Halloween Make Up
Oct. 28th, 2011 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emma_in_dreamHealthyStuff.org tested halloween make up designed for kids from the shelves of stores in southest Michigan. They were looking for heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic - and found one or more of these heavy metals in all of the 31 Halloween products tested.
Why is this important?
Many of the chemicals detected are potent neurotoxins and carcinogens that can disrupt a child’s development. These products are directly applied to faces!
You can check out each of the individual products tested by visiting HealthyStuff.org.
Here is what they found:
* One in two (52%) of Halloween makeup tested contained detectable levels of cadmium. The highest level of cadmium detected was 455 parts per million. * 100% of the products tested contained chromium
* Other metals detected include: arsenic (29% of the products tested), mercury (13% of the products tested), and lead (3% of the products tested).
I do wish there were an Australian equivalent to tell me if the results here are the same. I assume so, since I can't imagine there are different factories in China churning out a higher quality product for our tiny market.
Why is this important?
Many of the chemicals detected are potent neurotoxins and carcinogens that can disrupt a child’s development. These products are directly applied to faces!
You can check out each of the individual products tested by visiting HealthyStuff.org.
Here is what they found:
* One in two (52%) of Halloween makeup tested contained detectable levels of cadmium. The highest level of cadmium detected was 455 parts per million. * 100% of the products tested contained chromium
* Other metals detected include: arsenic (29% of the products tested), mercury (13% of the products tested), and lead (3% of the products tested).
I do wish there were an Australian equivalent to tell me if the results here are the same. I assume so, since I can't imagine there are different factories in China churning out a higher quality product for our tiny market.
