Cosmetics: Your Makeup Might Make You Sick - EU has banned more than 1,000 ingredients from cosmetics, while the United States has banned only 10

There's already been news about sunscreen possibly causing the very thing it's supposed to prevent -- skin cancer, but what about the effects of other beauty products? "The European Union has banned more than 1,000 ingredients from cosmetics, while the US has only banned 10", says one member of Maine Women's Lobby.

Many of us are obsessed with what we ingest, but our skin soaks up every ingredient like a sponge, so perhaps it's time to pay more attention to how the beauty industry is handling business. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Because the US FDA doesn't test cosmetics for safety, that job goes to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review, which is funded and run by the cosmetics industry through its trade association, the Personal Care Products Council. Safety advocates are concerned that, in effect, the industry is policing itself.

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