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    Beautycounter

The cosmetic industry is unregulated in the United States allowing for KNOWN toxins to be included our personal care products. Some of these toxins have been documented as hormone disrupters and cancer causing agents. Beautycounter has banned over 1,800 ingredients from our products. 

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Here are some facts: 

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· 1938 was the last year Congress passed a major federal law regulating cosmetics.

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· 1,400, the number of harmful chemicals banned or restricted from cosmetics in the European Union.

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· 30, the number of harmful chemicals banned or restricted from personal care products in the United States.

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· 600, the number of harmful chemicals banned or restricted from personal care products in Canada.

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· In the U.S. and Canada, it is legal for companies to use dozens of chemicals under the simple word "fragrance.

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· It is legal for U.S. cosmetics companies to use known carcinogens in the products we use everyday.

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· 200, a study by the Red Cross found more than 200 industrial chemicals found in the cord blood of newborn babies.

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· A study found that teens who switched to safer products had 20-40% drop in harmful chemicals in their blood.

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