Think Dirty Blog — cosmetics
FDA Bans Red Dye 3: What It Means for Your Food and Cosmetics
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The safety of dyes in cosmetics and food has been a topic of debate for decades. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FD&C Red No. 3 — also known as Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye 3, a...
How Trump’s Budget Cuts Could Affect the Future of Safer Beauty Products
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Within less than a month of the start of the second term of his presidency, President Donald J. Trump has put in place numerous steps to change the function of various government agencies. This is ...
Improve Your Fertility by Avoiding These Hormone Disrupting Toxins
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When it comes time to expand your family, you really want to give your body the best chance to conceive. Many factors can impact female and male fertility, such as smoking, high blood pressure, hea...
Update Alert: New Prohibited (and Restricted) Ingredients
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There’s exciting news for clean beauty enthusiasts: the European Union (EU) has banned 14 ingredients, along with restricting two. The amendment has only been in place for a few months as it went i...
Ingredient Breakdown: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHS)
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), a group of several hundred chemically related hydrophobic compounds, can be derived from natural or anthropogenic sources like forest fires, volcanoes erupt...