FDA Tests Find Lead in Lipstick
The Daily Green reports that a new Food and Drug Administration study has identified lead in all 20 red lipsticks it tested (from 10 different brands), and at concentrations up to four-times higher than those found in independent testing. While the FDA has not regulated lead in lipstick, the levels detected were up to 10-times higher than the safe limit set for lead in candy.
The FDA did not make the list of tested lipsticks public.
“Since recent science suggests that there is truly no safe lead exposure for children and pregnant women, it is disturbing that manufacturers are allowed to continue to sell lead-containing lipsticks,” said Dr. Sean Palfrey, a professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston University and the medical director of Boston’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
Lead exposure can lead to permanent brain damage, lowered IQ, behavioral problems and other serious and irreversible health problems. The most dangerous time to be exposed is in utero and during the first six or so years of life, while the brain is rapidly developing.
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