Introduction

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Glossary

What you can do

Unforgettable Cinderella
Beware of certain cocktails!

Learn more about the impact of man-made chemicals on our health

• Take part in the Toxic Tour, Women’s Environmental Network (WEN), cosmetics, to find the hazardous chemicals in your cosmetic products and the action you can take: http://www.wen.org.uk/cosmetics/resources.htm
• Find out about the “Dirty dozen” chemicals in cosmetics: 12 chemicals used in cosmetics to be avoided:
  http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/122/dirtydozen
• Toiletries: What is lurking in your soap? http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water
  (Scroll down to Learn more/Fact sheets).
  
  

Reduce exposure to harmful chemicals

• Check out the Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Guide:
  http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/parentsguide/index.php?nothanks=1
• How to avoid phthalates: 3 Steps to Help Avoid a Hormone-Mimicking Chemical
  http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/phthalates-47020418
• Sunscreens and sunblocks: what to look for?
  http://www.thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=27&sec=2
• Check out the sunscreen guide: what works and what is safe?
  http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens/summary.php
• Find out which kinds of products contain the anti-bacterial chemical Triclosan and what impact it may have on our health http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient.php?ingred06=706623&nothanks=1
• Check out cosmetic products containing oxybenzone, phthlates and others
  http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com
  
  

Help spread the message

• Find out and share with others how children are exposed to the chemical cocktail effect every day. Read the results of a survey carried out by the Environmental Working Group:
  http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/parentsguide/Exposuresaddup.php
• Write to the manufacturer if you want to know more about the ingredients of a product that you recently bought that lacks the information you want on the label. A sample letter can be found on the “Choosing our Future” website at www.choosingourfuture.eu
• Ask assistants and managers in shops about the ingredients used in the products before you buy them. A shopper’s guide to toxic-free products and your rights under the new EU chemical safety legislation REACH is available at http://www.wecf.eu/english/publications/2007/reach_guide.php