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我认为是假消息!!
我在网上的找的,相信大家都看的懂英文吧,我就不翻译了$害羞$ http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_lead_in_lipstick.htm
Comments: False. Despite the fact that this message has circulated continuously since May 2003, no reliable data has surfaced anywhere to support its claims. A search of medical journal articles internationally and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's online database yielded nothing -- no research, no warnings, no references of any kind - suggesting that hazardous amounts of lead can be found in any name-brand lipstick. (UPDATE: Tests conducted by investigative reporters in 2006 did find trace amounts of lead in five brands of lipstick, but "the levels weren't high enough to cause cancer." See references below.)
Moreover, the message is both inaccurate and misleading when it implies that the main public health threat posed by lead exposure is cancer. Though it is indeed listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a probable human carcinogen, lead has other, more direct health effects, including brain damage, nerve disorders and reproductive problems, that are of far greater concern.
Reporter Tessa C. Mauricio of the Manila Times researched this rumor in June 2003 and found it to be baseless as well. As part of her investigation, she handed a list of the raw ingredients found in common lipstick brands to a chemist, who told her that lead wasn't present in any of them. The "gold ring test" is bogus too, Mauricio's source said, and wouldn't be capable of detecting the presence of lead in the products even if they did contain it.
For accurate information on known and suspected health hazards associated with cosmetic products and ingredients, see the Cosmetics section of the FDA Website.
Update: In December 2005, the American Cancer Society posted this notice on its Web site:
Rumor:
In May 2003, an email began making the rounds claiming that many of the most popular lipsticks on the market contain lead and will cause cancer. The email then offers a way to test lipsticks to see if they have lead.
Fact:
A search of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site finds that lead content of coloring agents used in lipstick is regulated by that agency, and that the levels permitted are not a health problem.
Update: In March 2006, Cancer Research U.K. released the following statement to news outlets:
The email appears to be one of the many hoax emails claiming that a variety of everyday products can cause cancer. We've had deodorant, shampoo, washing up liquid and now lipstick. None of these claims are true and just spread alarm unnecessarily. Update: In July 2006, investigators for WXPI-TV in Pittsburgh tested five major brands of lipstick for lead content and found trace amounts in all of them. "However," they concluded, "the levels were not high enough to cause cancer." Read more... |
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