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From Barbara Bradley's article in The Commercial Appeal:
The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy group headquartered in Washington, posts some hair-raising information on its cosmetics safety database, ewg.org/skindeep [3], which examines nearly 70,000 ingredients and specific products.
Some counter that the EWG and its partner, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics," a coalition effort, are fringe groups pushing an anti-chemical agenda to the detriment of public safety. Preservatives, for example, are used in very small quantities and prevent buildup of dangerous bacteria, argues the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to free enterprise.
Links:
[1] http://cei.org/other/cei-staff
[2] http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/mar/27/makeup-alert/
[3] http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/