Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
Autor Stacy Malkanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2007
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0865715742
Pagini: 177
Ilustrații: 10 B&W illustrations and photographs
Dimensiuni: 157 x 226 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: New Society Publishers
Locul publicării:Canada
Notă biografică
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1 - Indecent Exposure
Are cosmetic chemicals getting into you? What the latestscience tells us about the links between chemicals and disease.
Chapter 2 - Not Too Pretty
The detective search begins for chemicals linked to birth defects in shampoo, deodorant, fragrance and hair gel.
Chapter 3 - Because We're Worth It!
Breast cancer activists ask the world's largest cosmetics companies to stop using chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm.
Chapter 4 - Skin Deeper
How safe are your products? The Environmental Working Group builds the first-ever database of toxic ingredients in personal care products.
Chapter 5 - Beauty Myth Busters
From the "whitening trend" in Asia to the airbrushed models in the ads, the beauty industry sells toxic dreams around the world.
Chapter 6 - Pinkwashing
A closer look at pink-ribbon products and what the leading cosmetics companies don't tell you about breast cancer prevention.
Chapter 7 - Because We're Worth It Too!
Teens and activists take on state legislators, Governor Schwarzenegger and largest worldwide supplier of nail products.
Chapter 8 - Tricks of the Trade
The beauty industry gears up for a backlash.
Chapter 9 -Unmasked
Peek behind the scenes of Big Beauty, as the author goes undercover to the largest cosmetics industry conference of the year.
Chapter 10 - A Healthier Foundation
Safe products, healthy business practices and the growing natural products industry.
Chapter 11 - The Face of the Future
Green chemistry, green politics and other hopeful solutions for a healthier tomorrow.
Chapter 12 - Extreme Makeover
Giving the cosmetics industry and the government a makeover! What you can do.
Epilogue
Notes
Index
About the Author
Descriere
Premii
- Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal Winner, 2008