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From shampoo and sunscreen to hygiene. Despite these shocking associations, there is no federal law in the United States that requires companies to disclose potentially harmful ingredients. The only one California Requirements Limited transparency makes most Americans wear what they wear and absorb their bodies.
For Tiah Tomlin-Harris, a two-time triple-negative breast cancer survivor, the lack of transparency is a wake-up call. Tomlin-Harris was diagnosed before age 40 and had no genetic susceptibility to start asking tough questions: Where did this come from? The genetic test returned negative, making her a 80-90% of breast cancer patients whose disease had nothing to do with family history. Her background as a chemist in the pharmaceutical industry gives her a unique perspective and is crucial to the record label’s focus.
The Yuka app pictured here rated the product as chemical safety – filling the regulatory gap that has put most Americans in the dark. (Fox News figures)
“I started to look at causality,” she told Fox. “The first thing I had to do was remove every product in my home, from hair care to detergents. When she was researching, she realized how many widely used beauty and hygiene products were packed with potentially harmful chemicals.
Minister of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. He has been removing toxic additives from processed foods and he has not addressed the personal care industry yet. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary acknowledged the agency was in a “deregulated mindset” and said: “(We) are supervising too much.”
Mobile tools are providing shoppers with more grocery aisle control – especially because of the concerns of hidden chemical exposure. (Getty)
This mentality has led to an explosion of consumer-driven tools such as Yuka and Clearya, which scans barcodes and uses them AI. “Most people were shocked,” said Julie Chapon, co-founder of Yuka. “They think green packaging means safety.”
Tomlin-Harris highlights the disproportionate impact on women of color, especially black women. “We spend more on beauty products than any other population, but these products usually contain the most harmful ingredients, including clinics, phthalates, formaldehyde, benzene. These products are not only related to cancer. They are related to chemotherapy drugs. They are weakening chemotherapy drugs. They destroy hormones. They affect fertility. They have an effect on men and women.”
one Consumer Reports Survey Carcinogens have been found in 10 top braided hair brands, many of which are sold to black women and girls.
American consumers take product safety into their own hands at one time, and at the same time barcode. (Wavebreakmedia)
Janet Nudelman, Director of Cosmetics Sports for Prevention of Breast Cancer. Dr. Leonardo Trasande’s research highlights the health hazards of common chemicals, saying the current system “manipulates to produce chemical exposures that are toxic to our hormones.” The consequences are society: higher health care costs and lifelong reproductive and developmental health issues, he warns.
The federal government is slowly responding. Safer beauty bill packs, Reintroduced to Congressattempts to ban toxic ingredients, increase ingredient disclosure and protect vulnerable groups such as hair stylists, nail technicians and women of color. But for now, consumers have to protect themselves to a large extent.
FDA Commissioner Makary insists that change is coming: “We are stocking up all the chemicals in the food supply to understand how to make it safer.” Still, advocacy groups say the U.S. lags far behind the EU in regulating beauty safety.
Industry representatives push back. The Personal Care Products Committee asserted: “PCPC and our member companies are fully committed to maintaining the highest level of safety, quality and transparency.”
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From produce to personal care, advocates like Tiah Tomlin-Harris say it’s time to have full label transparency in the United States (iStock)
But for advocates like Tomlin-Harris, commitment is not enough. “It’s not just a woman’s problem,” she said. “It’s a problem for one person. Men are affected. Children are affected. Our entire population is affected by chemicals that we disagree with, and we are paying the price.”
Her message is clear: “We need transparency. We need regulation. We need responsibility from the companies that create these products. It’s time to detoxify our daily work, need safer alternatives and prioritize health.”
