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Health & Wellness News tagged with lead

Poison Kiss: Lead Alert
Health & Wellness  (tags: usa, australia, woman, lipstick, lead, health, research, prevention, risks, safety )

Jacquelin
- 517 days ago - smh.com.au
WOMEN are being warned about using some lipsticks after concerns were raised several big-name brands could contain lead. The warnings come in the wake of last week's ruling that a class action in the United States against luxury goods giant LVMH - the
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More Children's Jewelry Recalled Due to Lead Hazard
Health & Wellness  (tags: lead, children, risks, safety, prevention, protection )

Michael
- 526 days ago - thedailygreen.com
548,500 Charms, Necklaces and Bracelets May Be Hazardous
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Ohio Chemistry Professor Warns That Plastic Easter Eggs Might Have Toxic Lead Levels
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, humans, illness, lead, poison for our kids, safety )


- 639 days ago - poconorecord.com
CLEVELAND (AP) _ A chemistry professor who raised an earlier warning flag about toxic lead levels in toy jewelry didn't have to look far for evidence of similar risks in Easter items such as plastic eggs. Thirteen of 45 items purchased off store shelves a
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Contact Your Senator Today to Vote YES on Toy Safety Amendment
Health & Wellness  (tags: toys, safety, lead, prevention, children, risks, amendment )


- 652 days ago - breastcancerfund.org
What started with lead in children's toys has become much more--and forced us all to look more critically at the toys and teethers we buy for our kids. Support the Feinstein amendment.
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Spikes in Lead Levels Raise Doubts About Water Line Work
Health & Wellness  (tags: water, lead, pipes )

Blue
- 661 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Increases Followed D.C. Agency's Pipe Replacements
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Alzheimer's or Long-Ago Lead Poisoning? New Fears for Parents of Kids Exposed to 'Toxic Toys'
Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, lead, Alzheimer's, exposure, aging, brain, children, toxic toys, pesticides, mercury )


- 689 days ago - thedailygreen.com
Dr. Brian Schwartz is conducting studies on the long-term effects of such environmental toxins as lead, pesticides and mercury.
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The Recalls' Aftershocks
Health & Wellness  (tags: Recalls, toys, lead, risks, toxic, alert, children, humans, safety, warning )

Holly
- 727 days ago - nytimes.com
Wondering what happened to all the lead-tainted products that have been recalled recently?
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Lead in Our Lipstick! Health Threat Confirmed
Health & Wellness  (tags: lipstick, lead, cosmetics, women, cancer, breast cancer, personal care, candy, red, FDA, study )

Robyn
- 736 days ago - media.www.thejambar.com
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics just published a study of red lipsticks from different brands, showing that 1/3 of the samples contained lead levels greater than 0.1 parts per million -- higher than federal limits allowed in candy!
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Christmas Lights Found With Potentially Unsafe Levels of Lead
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, lead, research, safety )

Danielle
- 738 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- A CNN analysis of four common brands of Christmas lights shows levels of lead experts say are high enough to be dangerous to children. Manufacturers do not hide the fact that lead is part of the PVC insulation that insulates Christmas light
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Environmental Groups Find Hundreds of Toys Containing Lead, Release Guide to Toxin Levels
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, toys, lead, safety, risks, warning, toxic )

Jerilyn
- 743 days ago - biz.yahoo.com
DETROIT (AP) -- Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead -- many with levels far above the federal recall standard used for lead paint.
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Even Very Low Levels Of Lead Cause Brain Damage In Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, lead, brain damage, IQ, health, research )

Eduardo
- 759 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Even very small amounts of lead in children's blood -- amounts well below the current federal standard -- are associated with reduced IQ scores, finds a new, six-year Cornell study.
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Lipstick Contains Detectable Levels Of Lead Says Campaign Group Report
Health & Wellness  (tags: lipsticks, lead, report, humans, safety, health, risks )

Eduardo
- 775 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
Tests conducted by an independent laboratory found that 61% of 33 brand-name red lipsticks contained detectable levels of lead. One third of the lipsticks tested by the laboratory were found to contain more than the 0.1 ppm limit imposed by FDA.
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SILLENT KILLERS MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR ! Any Other Chemicals Found in Personal Care Products.
Health & Wellness  (tags: risks, illness, disease, drugs, diet, cancer, elderly, toxins, lead, Breastcancer, children )


- 796 days ago - compsafe.com.au
A reference source of 154 pages giving an alphabetical listing of the ingredients found in Cosmetics and Personal Care products both in Australia and Overseas. The book is complete with a Glossary and a comprehensive Index.
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13 Lead-Free Lipsticks
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, health, lead, women, study, risks, alert )

Deborah
- 796 days ago - thedailygreen.com
From the study published this week by the group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, here are the 13 lipsticks they report to have found to have negligible (less than 0.02 parts per million) amounts of lead.
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Lipsticks Contain Lead, Consumer Groups Say
Health & Wellness  (tags: lead, women, safety, risks, toxic, illnesses )

Andrea
- 797 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said on Thursday.
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