Playbook
U.S. consumers generally assume that if any cosmetic or personal-care
product posed a danger to health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) would warn us. This faith and trust is woefully misplaced. A tragic
example occurred in April 2007, when a seventeen-year-old cross-country
runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, New York, died... See more
product posed a danger to health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) would warn us. This faith and trust is woefully misplaced. A tragic
example occurred in April 2007, when a seventeen-year-old cross-country
runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, New York, died... See more
Playbook
It’s no wonder that, at the 1997
hearings on the FDA Reform Bill, Senator Edward Kennedy warned that,
“The cosmetics industry has borrowed a page from the playbook of the
tobacco industry by putting profits ahead of public health.
hearings on the FDA Reform Bill, Senator Edward Kennedy warned that,
“The cosmetics industry has borrowed a page from the playbook of the
tobacco industry by putting profits ahead of public health.