Canadian Cosmetics All Contain Heavy Metal &Nbsp; Women Eat 4 Pounds Of Lipstick Throughout Their Lives.

Rick Smith, senior director of Canada's environmental protection department, said 16, almost all of Canada's popular make-up in the market. brand Heavy metal pollution is common in China. He also said that women eat an average of 4 pounds (about 1.8 kilograms) of lipstick in their lives.

According to the test, many Canadian women use daily cosmetics containing toxic heavy metals, and the arsenic and lead contents exceed the recommended limits of the Canadian Ministry of health.

Canada environmental protection The team sent 49 cosmetics to laboratory tests and found that all cosmetics contained heavy metals, but none of them listed the heavy metals and their contents on their labels.

Smith asked Canada's Ministry of health to step up the regulation of heavy metal content in cosmetics, and urged cosmetics manufacturers to label all metal ingredients and contents on their product labels. Smith said, "Canadians should know what they are wearing on their faces."

It is known that 8 kinds of heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, beryllium, nickel, selenium and thallium, are found in cosmetics such as eye shadow, lipstick, mascara, foundation and eyeliner.

Smith said, these heavy metal It is closely related to heart disease, nerve injury and other diseases.

The Canadian Ministry of health admits that heavy metal impurities in cosmetics are almost inevitable because in nature, these elements are ubiquitous. However, the agency also said that the limit of heavy metal content in cosmetics can be technically achieved.