You may be eating toxic stuff while wearing lipstick
That stuff you're putting on your lips is going into your mouth and it could be poisonous.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Whether you re one of those tinted chapstick people, or a ruby red lipstick lover, there s something you should know. That stuff you re putting on your lips is going into your mouth and it could be poison.
Over at the New York Times, Deborah Blum has inaugurated a new column about chemistry called Poison Pen — and today she is investigating a recent study on metals in lipstick. These are all metals, like lead, that are known to affect human health. She writes:
Dr. Hammond’s new study, published in May in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found traces of cadmium, cobalt, aluminum, titanium, manganese, chromium, copper and nickel in 24 lip glosses and eight lipstick brands.
The researchers picked the products because they were favored by teenagers at a community health center in Oakland, Calif. The girls reported reapplying lipsticks or glosses as often as 24 times a day.
And there s the issue — that reapplication. It s not harmful to be exposed to trace amounts of metals. In fact, our bodies need metal.
But repeatedly applying lipstick with metal means that you ll inevitably ingest or absorb more metal than may be healthy. It s best to limit reapplications to 2-3 times per day.
