Dereliction of Beauty How Lax Regulation of Beauty Care Products Victimizes Women of Color Black Women Face Disproportionate Risks From Largely Unregulated Toxic Substances in Beauty and Personal Care Products The FDA has finally proposed a ban on formaldehyde in hair straighteners, and new regulations on the cosmetics industry take effect next month. But one activist called them “a floor, not a ceiling.” By Victoria St. Martin A New Law Regulating the Cosmetics Industry Expands the FDA’s Power But Fails to Ban Toxic Chemicals in Beauty Products By Victoria St. Martin For One Environmentalist, Warning Black Women About Dangerous Beauty Products Allows Them to Own Their Health By Victoria St. Martin Q&A: Ami Zota on the Hidden Dangers in Beauty Products—and Why Women of Color Are Particularly at Risk By Victoria St. Martin What’s in That Bottle? Interview by Ainsely O’Neill and Steve Curwood, “Living on Earth” Newsletters We deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else. Every day or once a week, our original stories and digest of the web’s top headlines deliver the full story, for free. ICN Weekly Inside Clean Energy Today’s Climate Breaking News Email Address I agree to the terms of service and privacy policy.
Black Women Face Disproportionate Risks From Largely Unregulated Toxic Substances in Beauty and Personal Care Products The FDA has finally proposed a ban on formaldehyde in hair straighteners, and new regulations on the cosmetics industry take effect next month. But one activist called them “a floor, not a ceiling.” By Victoria St. Martin
A New Law Regulating the Cosmetics Industry Expands the FDA’s Power But Fails to Ban Toxic Chemicals in Beauty Products By Victoria St. Martin
For One Environmentalist, Warning Black Women About Dangerous Beauty Products Allows Them to Own Their Health By Victoria St. Martin
Q&A: Ami Zota on the Hidden Dangers in Beauty Products—and Why Women of Color Are Particularly at Risk By Victoria St. Martin