Healthy Beauty

Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust

Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2010
BenBella Books (Verlag)
978-1-935251-72-9 (ISBN)

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Anti-aging products are the fastest growing sector of the cosmetics industry as women and men are becoming rapidly more obsessed with looking and feeling young. Splashy ads and commercials are everywhere we turn, promising to keep our appearances fresh and our partners satisfied. But do consumers really know what they're applying to their faces and bodies in their quests for youth and beauty? Do they know the health risks they're taking by simply applying lipstick, face moisturizer or deodorant? Toxic beauty products clutter the shelves at retail stores everywhere, and consumers don't know the avoidable risks they're taking by following a simple beauty regimen. Written by Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, a founder and chairperson of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, Healthy Beauty gives the lowdown on salon safety, health risks hiding in everyday products, how we put our children in danger and more. Healthy Beauty will also educate you and your family on easily implemented solutions through the use of a variety of positive alternatives.
In Healthy Beauty, you will learn: * How beauty products can affect your children before they're born * The brutal carelessness producers use when creating products for women and children * The risks taken when you step into a salon * Toxins in men's products such as deodorant, cologne and aftershave * How to protect yourself and your family by reading labels and identifying potentially hazardous ingredients Through the help of Dr. Epstein and Healthy Beauty, you can protect yourself from the possible long-term effects of a simple beauty product.

Samuel S. Epstein, MD, professor emeritus of environmental health at the University of Illinois, Chicago, has published 270 scientific articles and authored or coauthored 15 books. Dr. Epstein has been a consultant to the U.S. Senate and is frequently invited to give congressional testimony. He has also consulted for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor. He has appeared on national TV shows including "60 Minutes," "Face the Nation," "Meet the Press," "Good Morning America" and the "Today" show, along with major documentaries, including the 2004 prize-winning "The Corporation." Coauthor Randall Fitzgerald has been an investigative newspaper and magazine reporter and author for 37 years. He has written features for Reader's Digest, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. His most recent book is The Hundred Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health.

Introduction: Why You're at Risk Part One: How Our Products Got Toxic Chapter One: History's Beauty Industry Influences Chapter Two: The Chemical Threat to Your Health Chapter Three: Losing the Winnable Cancer War Chapter Four: You Lost Your "Right to Know" Part Two: Identifying Product Dangers Chapter Five: Products Targeting Infants and Children Chapter Six: Products Targeting Women Chapter Seven: Products Targeting Beauty and Nail Salons Chapter Eight: Products Targeting Sun Worshippers Chapter Nine: Products Targeting Youth Seekers Chapter Ten: Products Targeting Everyone Part Three: Getting Us Out of Danger Chapter Eleven: Reforming the Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Industry Chapter Twelve: Two Healthy Trends in Your Future Chapter Thirteen: A Guide to Protecting You and Your Family Appendix One: Toxic Ingredients Tear-Out Sheet Appendix Two: Resources for Your Health Appendix Three: Industry Trade Associations and What They Conceal from You Appendix Four: Badges of Honor

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.1.2011
Verlagsort	Dallas
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	369 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schönheit / Kosmetik
ISBN-10	1-935251-72-4 / 1935251724
ISBN-13	978-1-935251-72-9 / 9781935251729
Zustand	Neuware