While the other guide looked at cancer causing in chemicals, this volume looks at the other dangers and side-effects which are equally serious in their implications to our health. Even children and babies are not spared of the ill-effects of these chemical concoctions.
We also looked at the claims made, many of which are hypes and lure us to buy and use these products, thinking that they are safe and effective. Worse, the dangers of these products are often hidden from us.
Cosmetics are the least regulated products and as a result of minimal regulation, products that are plainly dangerous to your health can be on the market.
John Bailey who heads the US Food and Drug Administration's cosmetics division, acknowledges that he cannot guarantee that the hair dyes, lipsticks, hair sprays and the other items sold today are safe.
The research done for this book, based on surveys of local products, clearly shows how unsafe they are.
This guide is based on articles which appeared in the Utusan Konsumer (from January 1997 to May 1999).
Consumers should boycott unsafe products and make our voices heard!
-S M Mohd Idris, President, Consumers' Association of
Source: This blog is refer from companion volume book to the CAP GUIDE on "Cancer-causing
Chemicals in Cosmetics and Daily Use Products"
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