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    • Lead in lipstick?
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    • Sunscreens - more harm than good?
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    • Cleaning products - and asthma?
    • Household cleaning - natural and chemical free?
    • Laundry detergents and phosphorus
    • The 'Hygiene Hypothesis'
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    • Aluminium
    • 1,4-Dioxane
    • Formaldehyde
    • Fragrance ingredients
    • Nanomaterials
    • Parabens
    • Phthalates
    • Plant, animal & petroleum-derived ingredients
    • Preservatives
    • QUATS
    • Sodium lauryl sulfate
    • Sunscreen ingredients
    • Talc
    • Triclosan
  • General issues
    • What are chemicals?
    • Is natural - is good?
    • Extra! Extra! Toxic chemicals found in...
    • How to read media
    • Product safety
    • The skin barrier
    • Health concerns - defined
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General issues - relating to chemicals, health and product safety

Find out more about chemicals, and issues relating to health and product safety, by clicking on the headings below:

What are chemicals?

Is natural - is good?

Extra! Extra! Toxic chemicals found in...

Tips on reading the media

Product safety

(The Australian regulatory system, Risk assessment, Control measures, Can we trust the system?)

The skin barrier

Some health concerns - defined
(Allergy, Asthma, Cancer, Endocrine disruption/Hormone disruption, Irritation, Sensitisation, Toxicity)
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