In the News – Women May Have Lead in their Lipstick?

Not exactly hair loss related, but interesting nonetheless —

Snippet from the article:

Fact is, FDA has found lead in all 20 lipsticks tested, in significantly higher amounts than those that caused a minor media uproar when the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC) tested lipstick in 2007. The FDA detected lipstick lead concentrations up to 3.06 parts per million (ppm), more than 4 times the maximum (0.65 ppm) measured by CSC.

Read the full article — I’ll take my lipstick unleaded, please

Oh boy. Should we think twice about kissing a woman with lipstick on? I wouldn’t jump to conclusions that leaded lipstick is causing hair loss, but it is a little odd to me that the FDA is fine with traces of lead in lipstick, yet the EPA wants it out of our environment.