Banned Products: Health Hazards in Cosmetic Products

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Banned Products Health Hazards in Cosmetic
Products

• Carl Field
• Stacie Matz
• Scott McDaniels
• Jonah Nelson
• Jordan Vinson

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Intro

• What makes this an ethical issue?
• Is it right for a company to legally use a
  substance in a product even if they know that it
  could harm the user of the product?
• Is it right for them not to inform the consumer
  of the potential health risks associated with the
  substances used to make the product?
• Who are the moral agents?
• The corporation?
• Governmental regulation (FDA)?
• The consumer?

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Examples

• Historical regulated/banned cosmetic products
• Ephedra
• Vioxx
• Products on the market that contain harmful
  substances
• Old Spice Deodorant
• Crest Toothpaste
• LOreal Kids Shampoo

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The Ball Players

• The FDA
• Purpose
• Accreditation
• The Spread of Tentacles
• Where are the arms of Pharmaceutical Companies
  dipping?
• Do benefits out way the side affects associated?

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Ephedra

• Ma Huang
• Many uses
• 1997 attempt by FDA
• EEC, Metabolife
• 4 Million
• FDA withdrew proposed restrictions

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Ephedra kant-inued

• New England Journal of Medicine
• Banned on April 21, 2004 by the FDA
• Initially overturned, but ultimately upheld
• Michael Ellis
• Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act

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Vioxx

• Merck Co.
• What is Vioxx?
• Drug Benefits
• Reason for Drug Recall
• Side Effects
• Heart Attack / Strokes
• Addiction
• Cause and Effect in relation to Ethics

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Old Spice Deodorant

• Dangerous Ingredient Triclosan
• Listed as Pesticide by EPA
• Kills bacteria (odor causing bacteria)
• Health hazards with Triclosan
• Skin, eye, and lung irritation
• Bioaccumulation (doesnt breakdown)
• Effects marine wildlife
• Effect on thyroid hormone metabolism
• Compounded antibiotic resistant
• Antibacterial soaps are unnecessary
• Triclosan used in many other products

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Old Spice Deodorant

• Foreign Restrictions
• Restricted in Canada and Japan
• Germany household antimicrobials are superfluous
  and risky
• Denmark issued warning against routine use
• Europe manufactures ban on any increase above
  1998 levels
• UK four major grocery chains banned triclosan
  from products

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Crest Vivid White Tooth Paste

• Sodium Fluoride
• linked to Cancer, Developmental/reproductive
  toxicity, Violations, Restrictions Warnings,
  Neurotoxicity, Endocrine disruption, Organ system
  toxicity (non-reproductive), multiple, additive
  exposure sources, Irritation (skin, eyes, or
  lungs), Occupational hazards
• Skeletal Fluorosis
• Sodium Fluoride is made from by-products of
  smokestack scrubbers.

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Crest Vivid White Tooth Paste

• Responsibility
• Government -- The US government is responsible
  for allowing this product to reach the market
  with this ingredient. Countries France and
  Belgium have already removed sodium fluoride
  products from their markets effectively
  eliminating the risk to consumers.
• Corporation --It is unacceptable for them to use
  this ingredient in their product because it is a
  known fact that sodium fluoride causes many
  harmful effects to the body. This information is
  readily available and should be used as a basis
  for removing the ingredient from the product.

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Crest Vivid White Tooth Paste

• Solution
• The company should be held responsible along with
  our Government.
• European countries have already banned this
  ingredient
• The Government should do something to squash the
  rumors
• pull the product

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Proctor and Gamble

• Provide limited information on ingredients used
  in manufacturing, but none on triclosan
• Only reason they provide this information is
  because more people are asking
• Touching lives, improving life.

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LOreal 2 in 1 Shampoo

• Dangerous Ingredient Sodium Methylparaben
• Negatively Effects one or more organ systems
• Cardiovascular System
• Stomach and Intestine Tract
• Respiratory System
• Shown to have effects with even low doses

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Sodium Methylparaben cont.

• This ingredient is used in many different kinds
  of products
• Shampoos
• Facial Cleansers
• Sunscreens
• Facial Moisturizers
• And many other cosmetic items
• This ingredient has already been banned in
  Europe, and there has been multiple studies that
  have proven this chemical dangerous. Yet, many US
  companies still use it in many of their products.

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Conclusion

• Both the corporation and government regulation
  should be held to a higher standard
• Perfect world, corporation would have higher
  moral standards to keep harmful substances out of
  their products
• Not perfect world, so FDA needs to hold the bar
  higher
• Need a larger budget and a proactive approach to
  discovering harmful ingredients