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The Current State of Animal Testing in Beauty - Blog Version

The Eco Well Blog

History of Animal Testing Bans 1998 UK ban for cosmetic products and ingredients. 2022 New York, Louisiana 2023 Oregon, Canada, Brazil Due to historical bans, very little animal testing has happened in cosmetics since the EU full ban on ingredients in 2013. Misconception: there are alternatives to every safety test.

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Gut Microbiome May Be a Game Changer for Cancer Prevention

Aesthetics Advisor

According to an article published the June 2013 issue of Biological Psychiatry, 12 the authors suggest that even severe and chronic mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder, might be eliminated through the use of certain probiotics.

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Is Your Shampoo Making You Sick?

Aesthetics Advisor

In 2013 the EPA conducted their own risk assessment and found it was "likely to be carcinogenic to humans." Parabens in Your Beauty Products Raise the Price Tag on Health Care Parabens are commonly used preservatives found in deodorants, cosmetics and shampoo. as they are commonly used and disposed of in wastewater and garbage.

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Are cosmetics safer in Europe than in the US? Episode 101

The Beauty Brains

You don’t need to get any kind of registration of approval to launch a cosmetic, but you do need to register it on the Cosmetic Product Notification Portal. This is a simply enormous database of every cosmetic formulation on the market along with its pack copy. Are cosmetics really dangerous or not?

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Should you be worried about aluminum in deodorants? Episode 134

The Beauty Brains

So, the bottom line despite all the fear mongering you hear about aluminum in cosmetic products the best evidence to date shows that there are no significant health concerns. So the PCPC has found that not only is the personal care products industry is a major contributor to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), and supported 3.6