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As a 20-something-year-old woman I have a very close relationship with my beauty products; I covet my Dior, I adore my Chanel, and I love my Fresh. However, as a doctor-in-training, I am convinced that this alliance I have with the cosmetic counters at Barney’s will somehow cause my demise due to the “toxicity” of such products. While the left side of my brain just wants to apply a little more of that lip gloss, my right side has decided it would be prudent to find the facts, learn the material and find out the “whole deal” regarding cosmetics and harmful chemicals.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), nicknamed on some blogospheres as the “Environmental Worry Group”, is known for its extensive consumer product databases and, as some would claim, “scare mongering”. Recently, their new database called Skin Deep has led to public concern over the chemicals that may or may not be present in our day-to-day