Thousands of Black Women Claim Hair Relaxers Gave Them Cancer November 7, 2023 By Mike Spector, Richa Naidu and Kristina Cooke Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from...
US States Consider Ban on Cosmetics with ‘Forever Chemicals’ April 10, 2023 By Lisa Rathke A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of...
L’Oreal to Face Lawsuit over Wrinkle-Smoothing Collagen Claims September 28, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK —L’Oreal SA on Tuesday failed to persuade a U.S. judge in Manhattan to dismiss a proposed class action...
Government Experts Urge New Talc Testing Standards Amid Asbestos Worries January 13, 2020 By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject...
FDA Warns of Asbestos in Claire’s Cosmetics; Company Disputes Claim March 6, 2019 By Chad Terhune The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety on Tuesday after it issued...
Campaign Gets Companies to Make Safer Cosmetics December 6, 2011 By LINDA A. JOHNSON More than 400 companies selling cosmetic and other personal care products have removed potentially hazardous chemicals from them, after a...