| "History
will look back on our generation with amazement.
We are the first society to have chosen
commerce over health. While other societies
have poisoned themselves, few have done
so knowingly and none have done so with
such abandon and recklessness." Skin
Deep
This
book is more than your cosmetic code breaker
- it's a complete expose of the toxicity
of chemicals in common skin care, cosmetics
and household cleaning products found
in Australian homes. It highlights the
lack of accountability of the manufacturers
and the complicity and self-interest of
Government in refusing to regulate dangerous
common chemicals.
As
Kevin Farrow shows in SKIN DEEP the chemicals
contained in widely-used beauty products
such as moisturisers, shampoos, nailpolish,
deodorant, fragrances, eye-shadow and
lipstick have been show to be variously
toxic, carcinogenic or to induce skin
irritations and allergies.
Consumers
are becoming increasingly aware of the
lack of regulation in the manufacturing
of many of our everyday products. The
drive is underway to increase accountability.
Australia, contrary to perception, is
one of the most lax protectors of its
citizens through product regulations.
Just
who does monitor the safety or otherwise
of cosmetic and cleaning products? - the
terrifying answer is no-one!
As
shown by the response to the program done
on SKIN DEEP by Channel 7 in the TODAY
TONIGHT show in mid April, this question
and the controversial answers covered
in this book are a contemporary concern
of many 1000's of Australians.
Here,
then, is your guide to making informed
consumer choices!
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