Stacy MalkanNot Just a Pretty Face
The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
Stacy Malkan is Communications Director of Health Care Without Harm and media strategist for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a national coalition working to eliminate hazardous chemicals from personal care products. Stacy is a former journalist and newspaper publisher who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1
Indecent Exposure Are cosmetic chemicals getting into you? What the latestscience tells us about the links between chemicals and disease. Chapter 2
Not Too Pretty The detective search begins for chemicals linked to birth defects in shampoo, deodorant, fragrance and hair gel. Chapter 3
Because We're Worth It! Breast cancer activists ask the world's largest cosmetics companies to stop using chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm. Chapter 4
Skin Deeper How safe are your products? The Environmental Working Group builds the first-ever database of toxic ingredients in personal care products. Chapter 5
Beauty Myth Busters From the "whitening trend" in Asia to the airbrushed models in the ads, the beauty industry sells toxic dreams around the world. Chapter 6
Pinkwashing A closer look at pink-ribbon products and what the leading cosmetics companies don't tell you about breast cancer prevention. Chapter 7
Because We're Worth It Too! Teens and activists take on state legislators, Governor Schwarzenegger and largest worldwide supplier of nail products. Chapter 8
Tricks of the Trade The beauty industry gears up for a backlash. Chapter 9
Unmasked Peek behind the scenes of Big Beauty, as the author goes undercover to the largest cosmetics industry conference of the year. Chapter 10
A Healthier Foundation Safe products, healthy business practices and the growing natural products industry. Chapter 11
The Face of the Future Green chemistry, green politics and other hopeful solutions for a healthier tomorrow. Chapter 12
Extreme Makeover Giving the cosmetics industry and the government a makeover! What you can do. Epilogue Notes Index About the Author
