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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (18 articles)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:31:32 -0400
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Which is why all the salespeople at the cosmetic counters wear lab coats.  We are trained to listen to people in lab coats like doctors and scientists-.and now, apparently, salespeople trying to convince you of their imprimatur when they are actually selling essentially unregulated products that do not have to be proven safe:

https://www.newsweek.com/beauty-advantage-six-ugly-secrets-cosmetics-counter-74319

http://www.totalbeauty.com/content/gallery/makeup-counter-secrets/p83592/page6 
http://fortune.com/2017/06/27/fda-cosmetics-regulations/ 

Rob Toreki

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On Jul 18, 2018, at 2:11 PM, Stuart, Ralph <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**KEENE.EDU> wrote:

Even when applying an abundance of caution, I cannot imagine that it is right for the BBC to set off a panic amongst uninformed parents about the slime their kids have already handled, unless the claims of toxicity have been established for both the slime precursor AND the slime itself.  

The BBC is not the source of this concern; the British tabloid press has been raising this alarm, in a less balanced way for about a year.

The responsible thing to do is to consult a chemist before making too wild claims in the press.

I'm not sure that consulting a chemist is the appropriate approach for the average member of the public; I believe that this is a medical question rather than a chemical one. I'm not sure that the press understands the difference, though; sometimes it seems that they think anyone with a lab coat can answer a health question...

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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