Comments on: No More Mercury in Mascara in Minnesota http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:27:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ann-Drea http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-38117 Ann-Drea Sun, 10 May 2009 18:44:39 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/#comment-38117 Mercury isn't banned. It's restricted..you said it yourself. Banning would be not allowing it at all or phasing it out completely by a certain year. I agree that often the government has no idea of risk and often legislates improperly. More people die of heart disease and gunshot wounds (one in 400 and one in 11,000 respectively) than ever died from anthrax, yet we spent millions trying to curb it. However, there are still products that contain mercury and you should at least let readers KNOW there is still a small risk and to look at labels. There may be more mercury in fish than in eye make-up, but the problem with mercury is not initial doseage. It's the bioaccumulation. Mercury isn’t banned. It’s restricted..you said it yourself. Banning would be not allowing it at all or phasing it out completely by a certain year.

I agree that often the government has no idea of risk and often legislates improperly. More people die of heart disease and gunshot wounds (one in 400 and one in 11,000 respectively) than ever died from anthrax, yet we spent millions trying to curb it.

However, there are still products that contain mercury and you should at least let readers KNOW there is still a small risk and to look at labels. There may be more mercury in fish than in eye make-up, but the problem with mercury is not initial doseage. It’s the bioaccumulation.

]]> By: Best of the Beauty Brains 2008 | The Beauty Brains http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-34706 Best of the Beauty Brains 2008 | The Beauty Brains Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:53:37 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/#comment-34706 [...] went on in our beauty industry. Some you may care about follow. 1. Mercury in mascara? 2. More trouble for Jan Marini 3. Getting rid of cosmetic animal testing is harder than we think 4. [...] [...] went on in our beauty industry. Some you may care about follow. 1. Mercury in mascara? 2. More trouble for Jan Marini 3. Getting rid of cosmetic animal testing is harder than we think 4. [...]

]]> By: Deadly Beauty: The Secrets of Cosmetics Past | 1800blogger http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-29083 Deadly Beauty: The Secrets of Cosmetics Past | 1800blogger Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:08:17 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/#comment-29083 [...] about toxic chemicals in cosmetic products. The Brains have responded to alarm more than once over mercury and lead finding their way into mascara and lipstick. Did you know both were once lauded as [...] [...] about toxic chemicals in cosmetic products. The Brains have responded to alarm more than once over mercury and lead finding their way into mascara and lipstick. Did you know both were once lauded as [...]

]]> By: Deadly Beauty: The Secrets of Cosmetics Past | The Beauty Brains http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-29031 Deadly Beauty: The Secrets of Cosmetics Past | The Beauty Brains Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:01:09 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/#comment-29031 [...] about toxic chemicals in cosmetic products. The Brains have responded to alarm more than once over mercury and lead finding their way into mascara and lipstick. Did you know both were once lauded as [...] [...] about toxic chemicals in cosmetic products. The Brains have responded to alarm more than once over mercury and lead finding their way into mascara and lipstick. Did you know both were once lauded as [...]

]]> By: Sharon http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-24520 Sharon Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:54:01 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/01/24/no-more-mercury-in-mascara-in-minnesota/#comment-24520 Thanks for an insightful post. This is a great example for Environmental Science students of perceived risk versus actual risk, and also of unintended consequences. Thanks for an insightful post. This is a great example for Environmental Science students of perceived risk versus actual risk, and also of unintended consequences.

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