![]() Some organizations focused on health have taken oversight upon themselves. “We are certainly concerned with people using products that might contain endocrine disruptors or other kinds of harmful chemicals at such a young age, like pre-puberty,” says Alissa Sasso, a project manager at the Environmental Defense Fund. Experts say the stakes get higher when the cosmetics in question are meant for kids, whose bodies are more vulnerable because they are smaller and still developing. This lack of oversight puts the responsibility on individual consumers to research ingredients and somehow figure out which brands to ultimately trust. To be clear, there are currently no legal requirements for any cosmetic manufacturer to ,” the statement said. “This means that ultimately a cosmetic manufacturer can decide if they’d like to test their product for safety and register it with the FDA. When it comes to cosmetics, companies and individuals who market them are responsible for their safety and labeling, the FDA explained in a statement about makeup it found to be tainted with asbestos. It can put out public notices when it finds something of concern, but it can not mandate product recalls. The agency surveys products that are already on the market, but it does not approve their safety beforehand. But unlike its oversight of food and drugs, the Food and Drug Administration has very little power to regulate the safety of cosmetic ingredients. It’s a common misconception that if a product you put on your body (or on your kids) is for sale in the U.S., it must be safe. Even small exposures to these toxins are dangerous: Lead affects brain development, asbestos is a carcinogen, and cadmium is an endocrine disruptor, which are chemicals that have been linked to certain cancers and other health problems. Studies in recent years have found Halloween face paints that contain heavy metals like lead and cadmium, and powdered makeup marketed to kids that are contaminated with asbestos. But here’s something you might not be thinking about, but should be: toxic ingredients in your kids’ face paints and powders. Around Halloween time many parents worry about trick-or-treating safety and curfews, sugar crashes, and ruined bedtimes. ![]()
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