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The Current State of Animal Testing in Beauty - Blog Version

The Eco Well Blog

The dark history of Cosmetics Safety From the 18th century’s use of lead carbonate in makeup to the use of radium in the 1920s and 30s, there have been many deaths in the name of beauty. Many of these practices stemmed from ignorance - we had no idea the safety risks when these products were placed on the market. E.g. Nazi germany.

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16 More Reasons Black Seed Is the ‘Remedy for Everything but Death’ (Research Review)

Aesthetics Advisor

Colon cancer: Cell studies have found that black seed extract compares favorably to the chemo agent 5-fluorouracil in the suppression of colon cancer growth, but with a far higher safety profile. [10] 2013 Nov 21. 2013 Nov;26(6):1215-9. [3] 2013 Oct 17. [5] 2013 Oct 7. 2013 Nov;33(8):1159-69. 2013 Sep 27.

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Biosimilar Watch: FDA Accepts BLA for Proposed Stelara Biosimilar 

The Dermatology Digest

The clinical results demonstrated that DMB-3115 and its reference product, ustekinumab, are highly similar, and have no clinically meaningful differences in terms of quality, safety and efficacy.

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Is Your Shampoo Making You Sick?

Aesthetics Advisor

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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The Hidden Dangers of Tanning Beds: What You Need to Know

US Dermatologt Partners

The use of tanning beds is on the rise with Gen Z (people born between 1997 and 2013), and it remains popular with people over 40 who grew up tanning. Durham discusses the increasing popularity of tanning beds, the many dangers of tanning beds , and safer, skin-friendly tanning bed alternatives. According to Dr. Durham, “Gen Z loves skincare.

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

The Beauty Brains

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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ChatGPT for Teaching and Learning: The Transformative Potential

Aesthetics Advisor

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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