FemmeToxic vise à éduquer les jeunes femmes canadiennes à propos des dangers potentiels des ingrédients contenus dans les cosmétiques, à fournir les outils nécessaires pour qu’elles puissent agir à un niveau personnel et à influencer la réforme législative nationale. Dis non à ces substances toxiques! Exige des cosmétiques sans danger!
Soumis par viorica le jeu, 01/26/2012 - 20:00
 Maureen Lafrenière
BOOK REVIEW
No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics. Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt.
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Soumis par Nnedimma le ven, 12/30/2011 - 16:55
Firstly, I hope you are all enjoying your holidays!
Before I get back to the fascinating world of formaldehyde, I would first like to address something that has been plaguing me all through the Holiday season. I, like any other self-respecting university student, vowed not to engage in any intellectually demanding activity (besides shopping of course) during Christmas break. It was a vow that I held very dear to my heart and I undertook it with all the seriousness and solemnity that it deserved. (Preach!) However, as you shall see as I delve into the manner of my betrayal... it was a vow that I could not fulfill.
Soumis par Nnedimma le lun, 12/05/2011 - 18:12
I’m proud to present our newest FemmeToxic.com segment; the FemmeToxic Fact Sheets!
My name is Nnedimma Nnebe and I am the resident Science Gal (so to speak :P) at the FemmeToxic Headquaters.
In weekly posts, through the FemmeToxic Fact Sheets, you ( the readers) and I will explore high risk compounds currently found in cosmetics. I will present both the scientific and societal backgrounds of these compounds. For the most part, I will be discussing compounds currently on the Health Canada Hot List (be sure to check out the Hot List; a useful ally for informed consumers!).
So first on the list this week is formaldehyde, a compound long associated with high school dissections and CSI.
Soumis par NikkiS le mar, 11/15/2011 - 02:42
 How many of us have looked at ourselves in the mirror and easily picked out at least one feature that we deem unattractive? How many times have you heard the following;
“God I hate my eyes, they’re too close together”. “Oh my gosh your eyes are so pretty, I hate mine. They’re just so dark and boring. I wish I had blue eyes like yours”.
Soumis par erikajahn le mar, 11/01/2011 - 15:37
 Why are babies in the U.S., Canada, Australia, China and Indonesia being exposed to carcinogens in Johnson's Baby Shampoo when safer alternatives are available in other countries?
After finding chemicals linked to cancer in popular kids' bath products – including Johnson's Baby Shampoo – in 2009, we asked Johnson & Johnson to reformulate its iconic baby shampoo and specifically to remove the formaldehyde-releasing chemical quaternium-15.
Soumis par daya chatani le mar, 10/25/2011 - 14:51
Soumis par erikajahn le mar, 10/11/2011 - 00:27
 FemmeToxic is a campaign focusing on the toxins in the environment, particularly those found in cosmetic and personal care products, which are detrimental to human health and can increase the risk of cancer and other health-related disorders.
Soumis par erikajahn le mar, 08/23/2011 - 18:39
 Maybe you have read my numerous posts and beefs about pink, pinkification, pink ribboning, and pink marketing. My distaste is quite apparent.
Today I read a piece in the Globe and Mail that wasn't really about pink ribbon marketing specifically, but about the "pinkification of womanly consumption" more generally. That is the phrase I have been looking for: "the pinkification of womanly consumption".
Soumis par erikajahn le ven, 08/12/2011 - 17:39
Sexy Children?
The biggest news and controversy this week in the beauty world is surely that to do with 10 year old French Vogue model, Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau. You might recognize her from the highly offensive Vogue Christmas gift issue:
Soumis par erikajahn le jeu, 08/04/2011 - 20:29
 Femmetoxic is looking for youth interns, volunteers, bloggers, activists and organizers to spread awareness about and to consider issues of women’s health and the toxic chemicals taking over our lives through cosmetics and body care products.
Did you know that cosmetics and other body care products bring women in contact with more than 120 chemicals daily, many of which are toxic?
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