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STACY: So we started the Cosmetics Campaign
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Toxic Beauty

So we startedthe Cosmetics Campaign out of a concern about a particular chemicalcalled...

STACY: So we started
the Cosmetics Campaign out of a concern about a particular chemical
called phthalates, which is linked through
a long body of research to reproductive birth defects,
and particularly, impacts on the male
reproductive system

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STACY: So we started the Cosmetics Campaign
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out of a concern about
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a particular chemical called phthalates,
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which is linked through a long body of research
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to reproductive birth defects, and particularly,
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impacts on the male reproductive system.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:00
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.
We found out in the early 2000s, - Toxic Beauty 00:10
We found out in the early 2000s,
Everyone is being exposed to phthalates, - Toxic Beauty 00:10
Everyone is being exposed to phthalates,
The researchers that I worked with had a theory, - Toxic Beauty 00:05
The researchers that I worked with had a theory,
So we sent 72 products to a lab-- this was in 2002-- - Toxic Beauty 00:08
So we sent 72 products to a lab-- this was in 2002--
Two thirds of the products. - Toxic Beauty 00:05
Two thirds of the products.
Then we reported that at a press conference, - Toxic Beauty 00:06
Then we reported that at a press conference,
"For baby, it really could be poison." - Toxic Beauty 00:10
"For baby, it really could be poison."
Nobody had been asking here, in the United States, - Toxic Beauty 00:07
Nobody had been asking here, in the United States,
SCOTT: Last week I got to spend a day on Capitol Hill - Toxic Beauty 00:11
SCOTT: Last week I got to spend a day on Capitol Hill
Eliana lost all of her hair, even her eyelashes. - Toxic Beauty 00:06
Eliana lost all of her hair, even her eyelashes.
You can add pretty much anything to personal care, - Toxic Beauty 00:05
You can add pretty much anything to personal care,
And sometimes, as we saw with a popular shampoo, - Toxic Beauty 00:12
And sometimes, as we saw with a popular shampoo,
MONICA: And I was just very, very, very shocked - Toxic Beauty 00:13
MONICA: And I was just very, very, very shocked
And it's-- sorry. [crying] - Toxic Beauty 00:08
And it's-- sorry. [crying]
My hair falling out, and my husband-- - Toxic Beauty 00:08
My hair falling out, and my husband--
There's a product called "Just For Men." - Toxic Beauty 00:05
There's a product called "Just For Men."
PAUL: By the time I got to bed that night around 10, 10:30, - Toxic Beauty 00:08
PAUL: By the time I got to bed that night around 10, 10:30,
I made the decision immediately, we've gotta go over to Emerg. - Toxic Beauty 00:04
I made the decision immediately, we've gotta go over to...
SCOTT: There are certainly acute risks, - Toxic Beauty 00:15
SCOTT: There are certainly acute risks,
SCOTT: But there are also chronic or long-term risks - Toxic Beauty 00:07
SCOTT: But there are also chronic or long-term risks