tag:www.enviroblog.org,2010:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/skin deep 2010-09-09T00:42:08Z Movable Type 4.23-en 12 1 12 tag:www.enviroblog.org,2010://1.1291 2010-07-21T19:39:08Z 2010-07-21T21:26:29Z Lisa Frack Annie Leonard does it again. This time she tells us about all those products in the cosmetics aisle that we use so many of every day (12 for women, 6 for men, on average). If you're familiar with her wildly... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2010://1.1240 2010-04-02T13:31:52Z 2010-04-07T20:41:14Z Leeann Brown http://www.ewg.org Thankfully, one can interpret spring cleaning in many ways. Some weed overgrown gardens, others dust every square inch of the house. I like to clear out my pantry and cook a mix matched feast with what I find. It's productive... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2010://1.1213 2010-02-02T07:12:03Z 2010-05-03T23:27:51Z Lisa Frack By Lisa Frack with Becky Sutton Enviroblog readers all know that "fragrance" is a term that the cosmetics, cleaning and candle industries use on ingredient lists that discloses only that there are unnamed chemicals in the product. Which is not... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2010://1.1215 2010-01-27T17:47:00Z 2010-01-29T20:38:22Z Leeann Brown http://www.ewg.org I was about seven years old, and frustrated from trying to curl my straight, limp hair when my mom taught me a saying she had learned from her mom when she was a young girl: "What price beauty."This classic line... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2010://1.1206 2010-01-07T20:00:48Z 2010-01-08T22:24:45Z Lisa Frack By Travis Mitchell, EWG Press Intern Now that that you've taken our cosmetics safety quiz (you have, right?), you're ready to hear about THE DATA GAP. It's like this: We think consumers deserve to know that the products and ingredients... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2009://1.1176 2009-11-23T14:27:00Z 2009-11-23T14:27:43Z Lisa Frack By Leeann Brown with Travis Mitchell If you love EWG's Skin Deep database, then this series is for you. If you've never even heard of our Skin Deep database, this series is also for you. And for pretty much anyone... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2009://1.1158 2009-11-02T15:00:00Z 2009-11-03T01:30:25Z Lisa Frack 140,321,493 searches have been requested on EWG's Skin Deep cosmetics safety database since 2004 - and counting. That's a lot of searches, by a lot of people seeking safer personal care products. Seeking products that don't contain toxic chemicals that... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2009://1.1154 2009-10-09T20:51:18Z 2009-10-12T17:23:10Z Lisa Frack Last month, you saw the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' first video about cosmetics safety, What's going on with toxic chemicals in cosmetics? This month, it delves a little deeper into the issue, taking a closer look at the lack of... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2009://1.1089 2009-06-28T19:50:29Z 2009-06-29T14:22:09Z Lisa Frack Most people use around 10 personal care products every day with an average of 126 unique ingredients. The government's NOT protecting us We'd like to believe that the government is policing the safety of all of these mixtures we're putting... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2009://1.1079 2009-06-09T15:31:49Z 2009-06-09T17:03:18Z Lisa Frack For me, EWG's Skin Deep database has always been a place to get a score. Then, depending where in the 1 to 10 hazard range my personal care product falls (come on, toothpaste, get a 1!), either rush off to... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2009://1.1029 2009-03-17T06:59:27Z 2009-04-01T07:20:24Z Lisa Frack Every time a report is released that reveals toxics in our consumer products, it's only natural to wonder what you can buy once you've learned what you can't. In last week's Toxic Tub report, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics cautioned... tag:www.enviroblog.org,2008://1.979 2008-12-30T13:31:00Z 2008-12-30T16:32:41Z Lisa Frack If you're a regular Enviroblog reader, likely as not you've searched our Skin Deep database once or twice (or if you're like me, every time you head to the store). Maybe to find safer products for your baby, maybe to...