Posted by Ken | Posted in Label reading, Toxins | Posted on 28-10-2011
Tags: Allure magazine, Cosmetics, EU Rapid Alert System, Formaldehyde, hair straighteners, Health Canada, Oregon OSHA, Salons
http://tinyurl.com/3k923wq FDA has yet to bar it, WHY?
Formaldehyde content of leading hair-straightening products
Top salons use six brands of formaldehyde-laden hair straighteners, despite widely reported health concerns for workers and clients.
- Brazilian Blowout – up to 11.8 percent formaldehyde (Sources: 1,2,3, 4)
- Cadiveu – 7 percent (Source: 2)
- Coppola – up to 2.3 percent (Sources: 1,5,6,7,8,9,10)
- Global Keratin – up to 4.4 percent (Sources: 2,3,7)
- Simply Smooth – up to 0.93 percen
t (Source: 7) - Marcia Teixeira – up to 3.4 percent (Sources: 1,2,4,6,7,8,9)
Sources: (1) Oregon OSHA, (2) Health Canada, (3) Irish Medicines Board, (4) Allure magazine, (5) Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, (6) Professional Beauty Association, (7) Columbia Analytical Services laboratory, (8) Department of Health and Children (Ireland), (9) French Health Products Safety Agency (Afssaps), (10) EU Rapid Alert System.