{"id":2578,"date":"2009-10-09T03:59:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T07:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/new-book-discusses-the-potential-dangers-of-active-ingredients-in-some-personal-care-products\/"},"modified":"2011-10-31T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T16:23:48","slug":"new-book-discusses-the-potential-dangers-of-active-ingredients-in-some-personal-care-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-book-discusses-the-potential-dangers-of-active-ingredients-in-some-personal-care-products\/","title":{"rendered":"New book discusses the potential dangers of active ingredients in some personal care products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OCTOBER 7, 2009 \u2014 &#8220;A groundbreaking new book, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health and What You Can Do About It, issues a long-overdue wake-up call to the public on the dangers of ingredients in common cosmetics and personal-care products whose safety most people naively take for granted,&#8221; the book&#8217;s author, Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, said in a press statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-09-deadly-sunscreens-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" title=\"2009-10-09-deadly-sunscreens-tanningnews-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-09-deadly-sunscreens-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" alt=\"2009-10-09-deadly-sunscreens-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>Epstein is professor emeritus at the University of Illinois-Chicago and has published 15 books and more than 270 scientific articles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are all playing Russian roulette with toxic-laden personal-care products that we apply to our skin, and to the skin of our infants and children everyday,&#8221; Epstein said. His release asked, &#8220;Why do so few mothers know of the risks to their infants and children from using personal-care products, including sunscreens? How can the cosmetic and personal-care products industry recklessly continue to ignore these dangers?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-09-toxic-beauty-boo.jpg\" title=\"2009-10-09-toxic-beauty-boo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-09-toxic-beauty-boo.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px\" alt=\"2009-10-09-toxic-beauty-boo.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>Several groups are now questioning the safety of chemical sunscreen products, which manufacturers recommend for daily usage even when sunburn isn&#8217;t possible. 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Epstein, said in a press statement on Wednesday. Epstein is professor emeritus at the University of Illinois-Chicago and has published 15 books and more than 270 scientific articles. &quot;We are all playing Russian roulette with toxic-laden personal-care products that we apply to our skin, and to the skin of our infants and children everyday,&quot; Epstein said. His release asked, &quot;Why do so few mothers know of the risks to their infants and children from using personal-care products, including sunscreens? How can the cosmetic and personal-care products industry recklessly continue to ignore these dangers?&quot; Several groups are now questioning the safety of chemical sunscreen products, which manufacturers recommend for daily usage even when sunburn isn&#039;t possible. 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