Word of Warning!!!

[Elaine]

Something to consider
Next time you go shopping for
Lipstick .....






This comes from someone
Who works in the breast cancer unit at

Mt. Sinai Hospital , in Toronto .






From: Dr. Nahid Neman






If there is a female you care anything about,






Share this with her. I did!!!!!






I am also sharing this with the males on my e-mail list,
Because they need to tell the females






THEY care about as well!






Recently a lipstick brand called 'Red Earth'






Decreased their prices from
$67 to $9.90.






It contained lead.






Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.






The lipstick brands that contain lead are:






CHRISTIAN DIOR






LANCÔME






CLINIQUE






Y.S.L






ESTEE LAUDER






SHISEIDO






RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)






CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)






MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK.






The higher the lead content,






The greater the chance of causing cancer.






After doing a test on lipsticks,






It was found that the Y.S.L. Lipstick
Contained the most amount of lead.






Watch out for those lipsticks
Which are supposed to stay longer.






If your lipstick stays longer, it is
Because of the higher content of lead.






Here is the test you can do yourself:






1. Put some lipstick on your hand.






2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.






3. If the lipstick colour changes to black,






Then you know the lipstick contains lead.






Please send this information to all your girlfriends,






Wives and female family members.






This information is being circulated at






Walter Reed Army Medical Centre






Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer,






Especially breast cancer

[angieh]

Good grief! I don't use lippy often, usually lip salve instead. When I do, it's the cheap ones - Rimmel or No7. Good tip about the ring - I'll give that a go!

[Mags]

Good gracious...whatever next!! I have used the Clinique brand in the past

Thanks for posting that Elaine

[Moli]

Blimey, thats unbelievable!!!I do not use it thank goodness...

[yola]

Scary indeed I've used Clinque a lot in the past. Just use tinted lip balm now though.

[Kim]

When I was Marie Curie nursing, one training session gave a list of carcinogenics and yes lipsticks were amongst them. Do people also know that burnt food, e.g. burnt toast or the burnt bits on barbecue food are also carcinogenics. Scary isn't it?

[dandysmom]

Scary! I have worn lipstick all my life, still do, but fortunately usually, well almost always, buy the inexpensive brands! Just did the gold ring test and nothing happened; so hope I'm safe. Thanks for posting!

I've been noticing lately that almost none of the young women I see wear lipstick these days; but we seniors do....an age thing, apparently! I would no more leave the house without lipstick than I would without underwear!