Aesthetics Advisor

AUGUST 16, 2024

The number of chemicals restricted by the FDA is even more ridiculous when you consider there are over 84,000 different chemicals in use in your personal care products and only 1% of those have been evaluated for safety in humans. (1) In 2013 the EPA conducted their own risk assessment and found it was "likely to be carcinogenic to humans."

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Aesthetics Advisor

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) banned the use of third-party generative AI tools by employees and contractors in their official capacities and on government equipment due to data safety risks. 4 In another example, staff at NASA are only permitted to use ChatGPT on personal accounts and must follow “acceptable use policies.”

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The Beauty Brains

MARCH 4, 2019

They also have advice from a body called the scientific committee for cosmetic safety or SCCS, which is composed largely of academics with an interest in medicine and general science. It has only been running since 2013 so it is a bit soon to judge how this is going to work out. Smaller producers? Not so much.

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Aesthetics Advisor

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Vitamin C and Sepsis In November 2013, "Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C" was revised and republished. In 2014, Alpha Fowler from Virginia Commonwealth University and his team published Phase 1 safety trials for the IV administration of vitamin C in patients with sepsis.

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