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cosmetics, chemicals and health

Let's hope we can avoid a PR war over this, and that the industry will respond in a responsible way:

For the first time, scientists have found evidence that chemicals widely used in cosmetics and plastics and found in pregnant women are adversely affecting genital development in their infant boys.

The findings published by researchers at the University of Minnesota and other institutions could have implications for the chemical industry and for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Both have been under pressure by public health groups to establish voluntary controls or regulations on a family of chemicals called phthalates.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1556/5426078.html