Corkill, Katherine. "Are Cosmetic or Skincare Products FDA Approved or Certified?" Personal Care Truth or Scare. Personal Care Truth, 16 July 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.
In this article, Corkill explains why a lot of cosmetic companies are not actually FDA Approved or even FDA Certified. She explained how the labeling on these products may be misleading to the customers. Instead, she gave information on what the FDA actually approves. She notes that having that label isn’t approving the cosmetic product but ingredients in the product like colorant. There are guidelines that each company has to fallow under the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and it mandatory to register even if the company will not be covered by the …show more content…
Specifically, the different sections of the bill give details on what is permitted, not permitted, exemptions, effective date, regulations, Judicial review etc. Using this information, I could get a true understand on how the bill controls many parts of the cosmetics lines processes and procedures that is needed before it registered as FDA approved or certified.
Harbowy, Matt. "How Dangerous Are Parabens, Sulfates, and Phthalates in Everyday Beauty Products?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 15 Nov. 2013. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
In this article, Harbowy gives information of different chemicals that are either in beauty products or in the container that the cosmetic is in. Specifically, he names three dangerous chemicals that are in cosmetic products, Parabens, Sulfates, and Phthalates. In detail, he breakdowns the harms that are in each of the chemicals. He states that each is poisonous but can a be used in very small moderation. This may be useful to my research given the details of the different chemicals and compared to the regulation from the FDA.
Hartje-Dunn, Christina. "Safe Cosmetics." Safe Cosmetics. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Oct. 2013. Web. 15 Nov. …show more content…
Breast Cancer Action, 2016. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
On the Breast Cancer Action website, they list some of the dangerous chemicals that causes many of our health issues like cancer, asthma, birth defects, and learning disabilities. She states that the 35 billion dollar, industry isn’t poorly studied, not studied at all. Ultimately, giving companies’ ability to continue to put these harmful ingredients in cosmetics still. This is useful to continue my search for more products that could be linked to the many health issues.
"Working with U.S. FDA." Working with U.S. FDA. The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 2016. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
On this website, it explains the roles and collaborations of both the U.S Phamacopeial and the FDA and how they work together to promote public health. In detail, it explains exactly what the U.S Phamacopeial and the FDA does and its procedures. Under drugs and biologics it list how companies could be misbranded and deem adulterated if doesn’t comply with compendial identity standards. The information give in the website is useful to help understand the ways the FDA and the U.S Phamacopeial seem beneficial to the public and the products we