Healthy Beauty: Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust

Confronting the unknown hazards of the cosmetics industry, this in-depth investigation provides the lowdown on potential health risks, from the store to the salon. Detailing the carelessness with which women's cosmetics and antiaging products are made and the toxins in men’s deodorant, cologne, and aftershave, this revealing study shows how consumers can put themselves and even their unborn children in danger daily by simply applying lipstick or moisturizer. Outlining a simple beauty regimen and a variety of positive alternatives, this resource educates consumers on how to identify potentially harmful ingredients and protect themselves from their possible long-term effects.

Samuel S. Epstein, MD, is the professor emeritus of environmental and occupational medicine at the School of Public Health in Chicago. He is founder and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and has been awarded the Albert Schweitzer Golden Grand Medal. He is the author of Cancer-Gate and Unreasonable Risk and the coauthor of The Safe Shopper’s Bible. His televised appearances include 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, Meet the Press, and the Today show. He lives in Chicago. Randall Fitzgerald is a journalist and the author of The Hundred Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health. He lives in West Linn, Oregon.