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Toxic Beauty

In 2004,we upset the world by showing that parabens could evenget into the human breast

DR. DARBRE: In 2004,
we upset the world by showing that parabens could even
get into the human breast

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DR. DARBRE: In 2004, we upset the world by showing
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that parabens could even get into the human breast.
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6 seconds
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32
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:51
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
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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.
We then did a bigger study in 2012, - Toxic Beauty 00:09
We then did a bigger study in 2012,
And furthermore, we didn't find one paraben, - Toxic Beauty 00:08
And furthermore, we didn't find one paraben,
Parabens are added to many products - Toxic Beauty 00:05
Parabens are added to many products
Body care products - Toxic Beauty 00:08
Body care products
I'm actually quite upset - Toxic Beauty 00:06
I'm actually quite upset
That is not so straightforward with endocrine disruptors, - Toxic Beauty 00:10
That is not so straightforward with endocrine disruptors,
In utero exposures are most often linked - Toxic Beauty 00:11
In utero exposures are most often linked
[children laughing] - Toxic Beauty 00:07
[children laughing]
They're smaller; they metabolize things differently than we do. - Toxic Beauty 00:04
They're smaller; they metabolize things differently tha...
So when they're exposed to these endocrine disrupting chemicals - Toxic Beauty 00:13
So when they're exposed to these endocrine disrupting c...
What we know is that the children - Toxic Beauty 00:09
What we know is that the children
And so we really believe that childhood - Toxic Beauty 00:10
And so we really believe that childhood
But some of Mother's good-smelling cosmetics - Toxic Beauty 00:06
But some of Mother's good-smelling cosmetics
Even simple things like perfume, or nail polish - Toxic Beauty 00:08
Even simple things like perfume, or nail polish
DR. LANPHEAR: Toxins can have a lifelong impact on children. - Toxic Beauty 00:04
DR. LANPHEAR: Toxins can have a lifelong impact on children.
We've also discovered that extremely low levels of toxins - Toxic Beauty 00:06
We've also discovered that extremely low levels of toxi...
DR. LANPHEAR: Joel Bocken, who's a lawyer at UBC, and a friend, - Toxic Beauty 00:13
DR. LANPHEAR: Joel Bocken, who's a lawyer at UBC, and a...
And after about five or ten minutes, he says, - Toxic Beauty 00:04
And after about five or ten minutes, he says,
"Can you protect your own children?" - Toxic Beauty 00:05
"Can you protect your own children?"
For instance, - Toxic Beauty 00:13
For instance,