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Toxic Beauty

Beauty products are a multi-billion-dollar industry. Despite public attention, companies continue to get away with harmful practices that leave the average consumer wondering which brand can be trusted. Toxic Beauty's case in point is the landmark class action lawsuit brought by female cancer survivors against Johnson & Johnson, in the face of the company's insistence that their baby talc products are safe.

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Phyllis Ellis, Phyllis Ellis

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I'm going to talk to you this
morning about the way you look. - Toxic Beauty

I'm going to talk to you this morning about the way you...

Now, I've heard it said that we
women attach too much importance - Toxic Beauty

Now, I've heard it said that we women attach too much i...

After all, the way we look - Toxic Beauty

After all, the way we look

As a French chef might say, - Toxic Beauty

As a French chef might say,

"The cosmetic industry
is destroying women's cells." - Toxic Beauty

"The cosmetic industry is destroying women's cells...

And I said to him,
"Why don't you say something?" - Toxic Beauty

And I said to him, "Why don't you say something?&q...

STACY: The same chemicals
being dumped - Toxic Beauty

STACY: The same chemicals being dumped

DR. LANPHEAR: For some
of these chemicals, - Toxic Beauty

DR. LANPHEAR: For some of these chemicals,

DR. ZOTA: Skincare, hair,
feminine care products - Toxic Beauty

DR. ZOTA: Skincare, hair, feminine care products

JANET: The cosmetics
industry comes back - Toxic Beauty

JANET: The cosmetics industry comes back

DR. LANPHEAR: Wealthy, big
corporations don't allow - Toxic Beauty

DR. LANPHEAR: Wealthy, big corporations don't allow

SEN. KENNEDY: In cosmetics used - Toxic Beauty

SEN. KENNEDY: In cosmetics used

DR. BRODY: We don't
want to wait 60 years - Toxic Beauty

DR. BRODY: We don't want to wait 60 years

[birds chirping] - Toxic Beauty

[birds chirping]

Places like Qatar, Kosovo,
Kuwait, and Afghanistan. - Toxic Beauty

Places like Qatar, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan.

MEL: Working with the military,
and going into war zones... - Toxic Beauty

MEL: Working with the military, and going into war zones...

I worked my way into intel. - Toxic Beauty

I worked my way into intel.

I was put to work
in a detention cell, - Toxic Beauty

I was put to work in a detention cell,

War crime evidence. - Toxic Beauty

War crime evidence.

Helping the country stabilize. - Toxic Beauty

Helping the country stabilize.

I'm sorry, did I lose track... - Toxic Beauty

I'm sorry, did I lose track...

[shower stops] - Toxic Beauty

I'm 24,
and I'm from California. - Toxic Beauty

I'm 24, and I'm from California.

My mom just likes
to dress me up-- - Toxic Beauty

My mom just likes to dress me up--

"People are gonna judge you
for how you look." - Toxic Beauty

"People are gonna judge you for how you look."

I thought she was
really pretty. - Toxic Beauty

I thought she was really pretty.

[laughs] - Toxic Beauty

And it was always creams,
always creams. - Toxic Beauty

And it was always creams, always creams.

Always, like, different
moisturizers, sunscreens. - Toxic Beauty

Always, like, different moisturizers, sunscreens.

And I always grew up learning - Toxic Beauty

And I always grew up learning

Make sure you put sunscreen on,
so you can have nice skin - Toxic Beauty

Make sure you put sunscreen on, so you can have nice skin

That maybe has skewed
people's perception - Toxic Beauty

That maybe has skewed people's perception

And I was just never completely
satisfied with how I looked. - Toxic Beauty

And I was just never completely satisfied with how I looked.

Or why are my eyes so small,
and not shaped a certain way? - Toxic Beauty

Or why are my eyes so small, and not shaped a certain way?

COMMERCIAL: ♪ Is it true
blondes have more fun? ♪ - Toxic Beauty

COMMERCIAL: ♪ Is it true blondes have more fun? ♪

MYMY: So I don't think
I actively thought, - Toxic Beauty

MYMY: So I don't think I actively thought,

I've never even called them
"personal care products." - Toxic Beauty

I've never even called them "personal care product...

It's kind of just
things that you grow up - Toxic Beauty

It's kind of just things that you grow up

That it makes us
more attractive. - Toxic Beauty

That it makes us more attractive.

I went to the doctor for--
I thought it was my ribs. - Toxic Beauty

I went to the doctor for-- I thought it was my ribs.

They said, "There's nothing
wrong with the ribs." - Toxic Beauty

They said, "There's nothing wrong with the ribs.&q...

Told in March that I had
no more than six months. - Toxic Beauty

Told in March that I had no more than six months.

[inaudible announcement on PA] - Toxic Beauty

[inaudible announcement on PA]

I knew I was probably
not too far from menopause, - Toxic Beauty

I knew I was probably not too far from menopause,

DEANE: Hi.
TAXI DRIVER: How're you doing? - Toxic Beauty

DEANE: Hi. TAXI DRIVER: How're you doing?

DEANE: I went and saw
the gynaecology surgeon. - Toxic Beauty

DEANE: I went and saw the gynaecology surgeon.

He was sitting at his desk
with a pathology report. - Toxic Beauty

He was sitting at his desk with a pathology report.

[siren wails] - Toxic Beauty

And the doctor said,
"I didn't expect this, - Toxic Beauty

And the doctor said, "I didn't expect this,

What did I do wrong? - Toxic Beauty

What did I do wrong?

[seagulls calling] - Toxic Beauty

[seagulls calling]

Removed everything:
the omentum, the ovaries, - Toxic Beauty

Removed everything: the omentum, the ovaries,

SHAEDA: My belly
started growing. - Toxic Beauty

SHAEDA: My belly started growing.

It got to a stage
where I couldn't bend. - Toxic Beauty

It got to a stage where I couldn't bend.

CHANTAL: When you do get
the symptoms, it's too late. - Toxic Beauty

CHANTAL: When you do get the symptoms, it's too late.

When they found it,
it had spread everywhere. - Toxic Beauty

When they found it, it had spread everywhere.

SHAEDA: The doctor put in
a needle right through - Toxic Beauty

SHAEDA: The doctor put in a needle right through

Greenish liquid poured out of me - Toxic Beauty

Greenish liquid poured out of me

CHANTAL: The only thing
came to my mind, is, - Toxic Beauty

CHANTAL: The only thing came to my mind, is,

BEVERLEY: "You're gonna
have to have chemo," - Toxic Beauty

BEVERLEY: "You're gonna have to have chemo,"

MARY: My normal life... - Toxic Beauty

MARY: My normal life...

Stopped that day. - Toxic Beauty

Stopped that day.

[traffic rumbles] - Toxic Beauty

[traffic rumbles]

And in the back of the book, - Toxic Beauty

And in the back of the book,

And I was reading through
them, and I said, well, - Toxic Beauty

And I was reading through them, and I said, well,

At that time, I wasn't
obese or overweight. - Toxic Beauty

At that time, I wasn't obese or overweight.

I had never used
birth control pills. - Toxic Beauty

I had never used birth control pills.

I kept reading,
and I said, - Toxic Beauty

I kept reading, and I said,

COMMERCIAL: Ever since
I was a little girl, - Toxic Beauty

COMMERCIAL: Ever since I was a little girl,

COMMERCIAL: Johnson's
Baby Powder keeps anybody's baby - Toxic Beauty

COMMERCIAL: Johnson's Baby Powder keeps anybody's ...

DEANE: I picked up the
talcum powder, baby powder, - Toxic Beauty

DEANE: I picked up the talcum powder, baby powder,

And never thought that there
would be any danger in it. - Toxic Beauty

And never thought that there would be any danger in it.

MARY: [coughs] - Toxic Beauty

The women in the house
were baby powder ladies. - Toxic Beauty

The women in the house were baby powder ladies.

BEVERLEY: My mother
used it on me as a child, - Toxic Beauty

BEVERLEY: My mother used it on me as a child,

SHAEDA: And I was using
Johnson & Johnson - Toxic Beauty

SHAEDA: And I was using Johnson & Johnson

CHANTAL: I was
putting it in my bed - Toxic Beauty

CHANTAL: I was putting it in my bed

MARY: And I had no idea
that there was something - Toxic Beauty

MARY: And I had no idea that there was something

[birds chirping] - Toxic Beauty

[birds chirping]

MYMY: I think having
makeup is just - Toxic Beauty

MYMY: I think having makeup is just

If I was going
on an interview, - Toxic Beauty

If I was going on an interview,

[indistinct conversation] - Toxic Beauty

[indistinct conversation]

[indistinct conversation] - Toxic Beauty

[indistinct conversation]

MYMY: I really think
that makeup has been - Toxic Beauty

MYMY: I really think that makeup has been

[picture shutter sounds] - Toxic Beauty

[picture shutter sounds]

EMILY: I went to an
all-girls' high school, - Toxic Beauty

EMILY: I went to an all-girls' high school,

So when I do see,
like, advertisements - Toxic Beauty

So when I do see, like, advertisements

EMILY: Cosmetic campaigns,
like, they will take some - Toxic Beauty

EMILY: Cosmetic campaigns, like, they will take some

"I think this
person's beautiful, - Toxic Beauty

"I think this person's beautiful,

EMILY: We shouldn't be telling
girls to stop using products. - Toxic Beauty

EMILY: We shouldn't be telling girls to stop using prod...

Toxic Beauty poster

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Beauty products are a multi-billion-dollar industry. Despite public attention, companies continue to get away with harmful practices that leave the average consumer wondering which brand can be trusted. Toxic Beauty's case in point is the landmark class action lawsuit brought by female cancer survivors against Johnson & Johnson, in the face of the company's insistence that their baby talc products are safe.

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Director: Phyllis Ellis, Phyllis Ellis

Writer: Phyllis Ellis, Sarah Jay

Production: N/A

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Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Jan 2020

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

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