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Aukiman
10th October 2007, 07:20 AM
Status: Verified Myth
Myth Debunked [ H E R E . . . (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue58.html#one) ]

original email as it might have been forwarded to you


Fw: Lipstick Alert!! Important read!
LIPSTICK INFORMATION:
Something to consider
Next time you go shopping for
Lipstick......


This comes from someone
Who works in the breast cancer unit at

Mt. Sinai Hospital , in Toronto . From: Dr. Nahid Neman


If there is a female you care anything about, Share this with her. I did!!!!!


I am also sharing this with the males on my e-mail list,
Because they need to tell the females


THEY care about as well!


Recently a lipstick brand called 'Red Earth'


Decreased their prices from
$67 to $9.90.


It contained lead.


Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.


The lipstick brands that contain lead are:


CHRISTIAN DIOR


LANCÔME


CLINIQUE


Y..S.L


ESTEE LAUDER


SHISEIDO


RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)


CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)


MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK.


The higher the lead content,


The greater the chance of causing cancer.


After doing a test on lipsticks,


It was found that the Y.S.L. Lipstick
Contained the most amount of lead.


Watch out for those lipsticks
Which are supposed to stay longer.


If your lipstick stays longer, it is
Because of the higher content of lead.


Here is the test you can do yourself:


1.. Put some lipstick on your hand.


2.. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.


3.. If the lipstick colour changes to black,


Then you know the lipstick contains lead.


Please send this information to all your girlfriends,


Wives and female family members.


This information is being circulated at


Walter Reed Army Medical Centre


Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer,


Especially breast cancer

Reklaw
10th October 2007, 08:42 AM
Snopes also has something to say on this one.
They say lipstick may contain small amounts of lead, but no more than other substances. I guess it's not a good email unless it is shocking.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/lipstick.asp

Mephiston
10th October 2007, 09:11 AM
Not to mention that as far as I'm aware, Lead isn't carcinogenic, its simply poisonous.


Edit: This MSDS dataset (http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/l2347.htm ) suggests that it may be carcinogenic, based on evidence in animal test subjects, but I'd be far more worried about the lead poisoning getting you before the cancer does :P

Revhed
10th October 2007, 10:02 AM
As with everything it's about the concetration - 2 tonns of lead will kill you! 0.02 grams is considerably less likey to.