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Toxic Beauty

I think the bestavailable science points to that this cosmetics issueas being even bigger...

[cartoon gunshot] DR. SMITH: I think the best
available science points to that this cosmetics issue
as being even bigger than the tobacco industry, because we're talking about thousands of
different chemicals, most of which haven't
been adequately safety tested

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DR. SMITH: I think the best available science points
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to that this cosmetics issue as being even bigger
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than the tobacco industry,
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because we're talking about
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thousands of different chemicals,
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most of which haven't been adequately safety tested.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:03
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
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Movie Summary

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.
DR. SMITH: There are really two pressing - Toxic Beauty 00:05
DR. SMITH: There are really two pressing
And deservedly so. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
And deservedly so.
[seagulls calling] - Toxic Beauty 00:20
[seagulls calling]
He is an environmentalist, - Toxic Beauty 00:17
He is an environmentalist,
The lab that I was working in the past year, - Toxic Beauty 00:14
The lab that I was working in the past year,
I mean, that's terrible, but that's-- you know, - Toxic Beauty 00:04
I mean, that's terrible, but that's-- you know,
MYMY: ...gonna get back to baseline, - Toxic Beauty 00:06
MYMY: ...gonna get back to baseline,
MYMY: And take the urine test afterwards - Toxic Beauty 00:07
MYMY: And take the urine test afterwards
We've looked at whether you can increase - Toxic Beauty 00:10
We've looked at whether you can increase
DR. SMITH: Our bodies are pretty good at getting rid of them - Toxic Beauty 00:06
DR. SMITH: Our bodies are pretty good at getting rid of them
DR. SMITH: We all have relatively high, - Toxic Beauty 00:09
DR. SMITH: We all have relatively high,
DR. SMITH: Which means that - Toxic Beauty 00:05
DR. SMITH: Which means that
Marinating ourselves unwittingly in these chemicals. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
Marinating ourselves unwittingly in these chemicals.
We further go on to talk about how each - Toxic Beauty 00:19
We further go on to talk about how each
We also see differences in skin care products. - Toxic Beauty 00:04
We also see differences in skin care products.
But the rate of increase in breast cancer - Toxic Beauty 00:08
But the rate of increase in breast cancer
The human breast cancer cells. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
The human breast cancer cells.
And we're gonna have a look under the microscope - Toxic Beauty 00:11
And we're gonna have a look under the microscope
I've tested all of them individually, - Toxic Beauty 00:13
I've tested all of them individually,
DR. DARBRE: In 2004, we upset the world by showing - Toxic Beauty 00:06
DR. DARBRE: In 2004, we upset the world by showing