Skin Deep Database Unleashed

Skin Deep is a safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products brought to you by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.

Skin Deep pairs ingredients in nearly 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind. Why did a small nonprofit take on such a big project? Because the FDA doesn't require companies to test their own products for safety.

Now in its fourth year and third major update, the Skin Deep product safety database provides safety ratings for nearly 25,000 personal care products -almost a quarter of all products on the market - and the 7,000 ingredients they contain. Due to gaping loopholes in federal law, companies can put virtually any ingredient into personal care products. Even worse, the government does not require pre-market safety tests for any of them. Skin Deep aims to fill in where companies and the government left off.

Looking for safer sunscreen to protect the kids this summer? Or shampoos without dangerous preservatives?  Skin Deep helps you learn what not to buy, and helps you find safer options for you and your family.

Making "lucid" shopping decisions matters but the lack of safety testing reveals major gaps in our system of public health protections.  So how can you make a difference? Please visit Skin Deep and sign the EWG Action Fund petition to Congress demanding that manufacturers prove the safety of their products before they are allowed to sell them. Continue reading Press Release.

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Comments

[Monica]

I signed the petition!
It was suprising to see what goes in our makeup! Scary actually... I sent this to some friends and family! This site isnow added to my "Favorites"

Thanks