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Not just a pretty face : the ugly side of the beauty industry / Stacy Malkan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malkan, Stacy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmetics industry--Social aspects.
- Cosmetics industry.
- Cosmetics industry--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Cosmetics industry--Environmental aspects.
- Cosmetics--Toxicology.
- Cosmetics.
- Cosmetics--Health aspects.
- Cosmetics--Social aspects.
- Cosmetics--Environmental aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 177 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : New Society ; Lancaster : Gazelle Drake Academic [distributor], 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful they have kept themselves unregulated for decades. In 2000, the US Centers for Disease Control reported American women had a higher "body burden" of phthalates, a set of industrial chemicals linked to birth defects and infertility. Suspicions about repeated exposure to the chemicals from cosmetics unearthed some disturbing discoveries.
- Not Just a Pretty Face chronicles the quest that led a group of breast cancer activists and environmentalists to the offices of the world's largest cosmetics companies to ask some tough questions: Why do they market themselves as pink ribbon leaders in the fight against breast cancer, yet use hormone-disrupting chemicals that may contribute to that very disease? Why do they target their products to men and women of childbearing age, yet use chemicals linked to birth defects and infertility? As doors slammed in their faces, the beauty myth peeled away and the industry's toxic secrets began to emerge. The good news is that although the major multinationals continue to fight for their right to use hazardous chemicals, scientists are developing safer nontoxic technologies and entrepreneurs are building businesses on the values of health, justice and personal empowerment.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Indecent Exposure 1
- Chapter 2 Not Too Pretty 15
- Chapter 3 Because We're Worth It! 35
- Chapter 4 Skin Deeper 51
- Chapter 5 Beauty Myth Busters 65
- Chapter 6 Pinkwashing 75
- Chapter 7 Because We're Worth It Too! 87
- Chapter 8 Tricks of the Trade 99
- Chapter 9 Unmasked 107
- Chapter 10 A Healthier Foundation 119
- Chapter 11 The Face of the Future 133
- Chapter 12 Extreme Makeover 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-169) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- ISBN:
- 316355
- OCLC:
- 244770232
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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