Procter & Gamble: We Want Cosmetics without Cancer!
- by: Breast Cancer Fund
- recipient: Procter & Gamble
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found cancer-causing chemicals in a number of cosmetics made by Procter & Gamble (P&G), including their Cover Girl blushes, mascara and eye shadows, Olay anti-aging creams, Max Factor mascara, and more.
Even P&G's Pantene Beautiful Lengths Finishing Crème - which is marketed with a pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness - contains a chemical linked to cancer!
Carcinogens have no place in anyone's beauty routine. Even low levels of cancer chemicals add up to real harm when they are found in products used every day, including conditioner and other hair products, lotions, make-up, and nail polish.
Tell P&G to remove cancer-causing chemicals from cosmetics!
P&G can and already does make personal care products without toxic chemicals linked to cancer. P&G can become a leader and a true champion for women's health by making cosmetics without cancer the new industry standard.
Even P&G's Pantene Beautiful Lengths Finishing Crème - which is marketed with a pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness - contains a chemical linked to cancer!
Carcinogens have no place in anyone's beauty routine. Even low levels of cancer chemicals add up to real harm when they are found in products used every day, including conditioner and other hair products, lotions, make-up, and nail polish.
Tell P&G to remove cancer-causing chemicals from cosmetics!
P&G can and already does make personal care products without toxic chemicals linked to cancer. P&G can become a leader and a true champion for women's health by making cosmetics without cancer the new industry standard.
Dear Mr. Lafley:
Procter & Gamble markets its Pantene Beautiful Lengths Finishing Crème with a pink ribbon - even though the product contains DMDM hydantoin -- a chemical that releases formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, to preserve the product.
[Your comment will be added here]
But that's just the tip of the iceberg. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found even more chemicals linked to cancer in a number of additional Procter & Gamble products on store shelves including:
* Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) in CoverGirl and Max Factor mascaras;
* Benzophenone-1 in CoverGirl nail polishes;
* Titanium dioxide (in inhalable form) in CoverGirl pressed powders, powder foundations; bronzers, eye shadows and blush; and
* Formaldehyde releasing preservatives like DMDM hydantoin, Imidazolidinyl urea, Polyoxymethylene urea and Quaternium-15 in Pantene Beautiful Lengths smoothing hair balm, CoverGirl BB creams, foundations, Herbal Essences hair styling products, Infusium conditioner and leave-in treatments, Miss Jessie's hair products, Olay anti-aging creams, face washes and moisturizers; CoverGirl foundation makeup, blushes, pressed powders, bronzers, and eye shadows.
* Styrene which the company includes in its fragrance palette. This means styrene may be present in any P&G product that lists fragrance on the label.
In addition, we found two ingredients that are likely contaminated with carcinogens:
* Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) which can be contaminated with PFOA in Olay anti-aging cream and Gillette shaving cream; and
* Polyacrylamide which can be contaminated with acrylamide in CoverGirl BB cream and Olay anti-aging creams.
A growing body of scientific evidence is linking increasing rates of breast cancer and other diseases to the chemicals in our everyday environment—chemicals in our cosmetics and personal care products, our household cleaning products, our food, our air and our water.
As CEO of P&G, eliminating cancer chemicals from your cosmetic products is the most significant step you can take to both demonstrate your concern and take action to protect women's health.
When 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with the disease every year, more must be done to prevent breast cancer. Ending my daily exposure to chemicals linked to cancer in P&G make-up, hair products, anti-aging creams, nail products, face washes and moisturizers is a critically important step that P&G can take today.
As a P&G customer, please reply back and tell me how you plan to address my important concerns.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
Sign PetitionSign PetitionProcter & Gamble markets its Pantene Beautiful Lengths Finishing Crème with a pink ribbon - even though the product contains DMDM hydantoin -- a chemical that releases formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, to preserve the product.
[Your comment will be added here]
But that's just the tip of the iceberg. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found even more chemicals linked to cancer in a number of additional Procter & Gamble products on store shelves including:
* Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) in CoverGirl and Max Factor mascaras;
* Benzophenone-1 in CoverGirl nail polishes;
* Titanium dioxide (in inhalable form) in CoverGirl pressed powders, powder foundations; bronzers, eye shadows and blush; and
* Formaldehyde releasing preservatives like DMDM hydantoin, Imidazolidinyl urea, Polyoxymethylene urea and Quaternium-15 in Pantene Beautiful Lengths smoothing hair balm, CoverGirl BB creams, foundations, Herbal Essences hair styling products, Infusium conditioner and leave-in treatments, Miss Jessie's hair products, Olay anti-aging creams, face washes and moisturizers; CoverGirl foundation makeup, blushes, pressed powders, bronzers, and eye shadows.
* Styrene which the company includes in its fragrance palette. This means styrene may be present in any P&G product that lists fragrance on the label.
In addition, we found two ingredients that are likely contaminated with carcinogens:
* Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) which can be contaminated with PFOA in Olay anti-aging cream and Gillette shaving cream; and
* Polyacrylamide which can be contaminated with acrylamide in CoverGirl BB cream and Olay anti-aging creams.
A growing body of scientific evidence is linking increasing rates of breast cancer and other diseases to the chemicals in our everyday environment—chemicals in our cosmetics and personal care products, our household cleaning products, our food, our air and our water.
As CEO of P&G, eliminating cancer chemicals from your cosmetic products is the most significant step you can take to both demonstrate your concern and take action to protect women's health.
When 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with the disease every year, more must be done to prevent breast cancer. Ending my daily exposure to chemicals linked to cancer in P&G make-up, hair products, anti-aging creams, nail products, face washes and moisturizers is a critically important step that P&G can take today.
As a P&G customer, please reply back and tell me how you plan to address my important concerns.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
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