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Halloween's Approach Resurrects Face Paint Concerns, Specter Of Lead Poisoning

 
• By Ryan Nelson

In an Oct. 18 letter to FDA, Democratic New York Senator Chuck Schumer calls for an FDA crackdown on lead-containing face paint and novelty cosmetics, citing 'Made in China' products as particularly concerning. He points to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' 2009 "Pretty Scary" study, which found 10 out of 10 tested face paints were contaminated with lead, and suggests that impurities should be identified on labeling.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. – who's been an active proponent of reforming chemical regulations in the US, as well as FDA's sunscreen oversight program – is making foreign-made Halloween face paint and other novelty cosmetics a priority now, and asking FDA to do the same.

In an Oct. 18 letter to FDA Acting Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, Schumer urges FDA to investigate novelty cosmetics and faint...

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