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1. Did you know that over 80,000 different chemicals have been manufactured since World War II?

2. Did you know a famous scientist calculated toxic genetic chemical fallout since WWII equal to 72,500 Hiroshima bombs?

3. Did you know that 89% of the 10,500 ingredients used in personal care products have not been evaluated for safety by the FDA?

4. Did you know that the average adult uses 9 personal care products each day, with 126 unique chemical ingredients?

Fact Source 1.

There are over 80,000 existing chemicals on the TSCA inventory and each year an additional 2,000 chemicals are added. Release of these chemicals into the environment through agricultural and nonagricultural application and other means poses serious risks to both human health and ecosystems (e.g., plant and wildlife).

Source:
U.S Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A)
Sensitive Subpopulations and Children's Health
URL: http://www.epa.gov/nheerl/research/childrens_health.html

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Fact Source 2.

"I calculate that in the U.S. the use of toxic genetic chemicals, (herbicides, insecticides, hormones, steroids etc.) cause damage equal to the atomic fallout from 145 H-bombs of 14 megatons each, or in terms of atomic bombs from 72,500 atomic bombs of the Hiroshima type. For this reason, disease of all kinds and the birth of mentally retarded babies have increased tremendously in the United States in the last 10 years."

Source:
From his 1974 book Atoms in Agriculture, Dr Americo Mosca, famous chemistry prizewinner of the Brussels World Fair.

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Fact Source 3.

Eighty-nine (89) percent of the 10,500 ingredients FDA has determined are used in personal care products (FDA 2000) have not been evaluated for safety by the CIR, the FDA, or any other publicly accountable institution (FDA 2000, CIR 2003).

Sources:
FDA 2000 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2000). Cosmetics Compliance Program. Domestic Cosmetics Program. July 31, 2000. Accessed online May 20 2004 at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/cp29001.html.

CIR 2003 - Cosmetics Ingredient Review (CIR) (2003). 2003 CIR Compendium, containing abstracts, discussions, and conclusions of CIR cosmetic ingredient safety assessments. Washington DC.

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Fact Source 4.

A survey of 2,300 people conducted as part of this research effort shows that the average adult uses 9 personal care products each day, with 126 unique chemical ingredients.

Source:
Environmental Working Group, Skin Deep
http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/report/executive_summary.php

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