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Toxic Beauty

We've looked at whetheryou can increase the level of phthalatesin your body, the level of...

We've looked at whether
you can increase the level of phthalates
in your body, the level of parabens
in your body just by using certain products.
MYMY: Right

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We've looked at whether you can increase
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the level of phthalates in your body,
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the level of parabens in your body
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just by using certain products. MYMY: Right.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:06
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: 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
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...