****Lipstick Warning****
By Island_Geko
@Island_Geko (3759)
Canada
February 6, 2007 2:53pm CST
This is not a joke
IMPORTANT FOR ALL WOMEN THAT WEAR LIPSTICK!!!!!
This comes from the breast cancer unit at Mt.Sinai Hospital, in Toronto.
From: Dr. Nahid Neman
If there is a female you care anything about, share this with her. I did!!!!!Recently a lipstick brand called "Red Earth" decreased their prices from $67.00 to $9.90. It contained lead.
Lead is a chemical which causes cancer. The lipstick Brands that contain lead are:
1. CHRISTIAN DIOR
2. LANCOME
3. CLINIQUE
4. Y.S.L
5. ESTEE LAUDER
6 SHISEIDO
7. RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
8. CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
9. MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK.
The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing cancer. After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L. lipstick contained the most amount of lead.
Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer. If your lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.
Here is the test you can do yourself:
1. Put some lipstick on your hand.
2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
3. If the lipstick color changes to black, then you know the lipstick contains lead.
Please send this information to all your girlfriends, wives and female family members. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer
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2 responses
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
6 Feb 07
Like many of these warning posts, this is just an Urban Legend. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/lipstick.asp
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@Island_Geko (3759)
• Canada
24 Feb 07
Thank you I appreciate your update, I did not know of this and thank you for letting me know.
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
6 Feb 07
This is important to guys too as it means our loved ones may be in danger plus we are exposing ourselves to a potentially-dangerous illness.