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05/02/2013
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Researchers at the University of California, School of Public Health Berkeley, tested 32 different types of lipsticks and gloss of the most found in pharmacies and department stores in the United States. The result was that detected lead, chrome, aluminum and other five metals, some with levels that can increase the risk to health.
Some of the marks that have not been identified in the study showed excessive exposure to chromium, one connected to cancerous tumors in stomach and lung. Aluminum intake is associated with Alzheimer's disease. Cadmium and manganese were also found in cosmetics. Over time, exposure to concentrations exaggerated manganese poisoning is connected to the nervous system.
The products tested, which cost between U$ 5 and U$ 20, had lead in 24, but in a lower concentration than is acceptable. But not for children, public that playing with makeup, the scientists point out. health authorities of the European Union consider any unacceptable levels of cadmium, chromium and lead in cosmetics.
Previous studies have found metals in cosmetics, but the Berkeley researchers estimated the risk to health from the everyday use of the product, and then compared this amount with permissible levels described in protocols of public health.
- Find the metal as it is not only the question, but the level of these elements - said the lead researcher Katharine Hammond. - Some of the metals are found in toxic levels that could have a potential effect in the long term.
The authors speculated that the case is not to throw out the lipsticks, but to express a warning to authorities on a standard for more detailed levels of metals found in this type of product.
Lipsticks and gloss are peculiar because they are ingested and absorbed slowly. As a reference, American scientists found that the average intake of lipsticks is 24 milligrams per day. The girls that usually touch up the lipstick color all day can eat up to 87 milligrams of the product.
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