Updated Autumn 2010 Safe Sunscreen Guide released
UPDATE: In September 2012, Friends of the Earth selected several Australia sunscreens which we hoped were free from untested and unsafe nano-ingredients. We submitted these sunscreens for testing by the Government’s National Measurement Institute, with the hope of...Consumers denied information re sunscreen, cosmetics nano-content
As scientific evidence of the health risks associated with nanoparticle ingredients in cosmetics and sunscreens grows, a new survey shows that companies are reluctant to tell their own consumers about whether or not they use the controversial ingredients. Friends of...Don’t (accidentally) eat your nano-sunscreen! Study finds nano-ingredients toxic to human colon cells
FOEA and others have long been concerned that the chance of greater sun damage to skin is not the only potential health risk posed by nano-sunscreens. Now a new test tube study has found that nanoparticles of zinc oxide, a common sunscreen ingredient, are...FOEA takes nano-cosmetics safety concerns to the L’Oreal-sponsored catwalk
In Australia’s first nanotechnology protest, Friends of the Earth Australia took its concerns about L’Oréal’s use of unsafe, untested nanoparticles to the catwalk of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival. L’Oréal, the world’s biggest cosmetics company, is...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.