Originally published June 29 2010 FDA Finds Lead in All
Lipsticks Tested by Kim Evans (NaturalNews) According to a
report from Florida's Department of Health there's no amount of
lead in the blood that's safe. Yet last year, the FDA tested for
lead in 22 brands of lipstick and found lead in every single one
of them. It's estimated that the average woman inadvertently
consumes four pounds of lipstick in her lifetime and even low
levels of lead in the body have been linked to developmental
delays, aggression, hyperactivity, irreversible brain damage,
being antisocial, and having attention and learning problems.
Newborns are regularly found to have lead in their umbilical
cord blood, so this neurotoxin is affecting them long before
their blood brain barrier has even formed. All this, and the FDA
says the lead in lipstick isn't a problem. One study found that
children with higher levels of lead in their blood were more apt
to be arrested later in life. This is because having lead in the
body regularly makes peopl