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Chemicals Most Wanted: Bad Rap or Due Justice?

October 1, 2009

We’ve all heard of them by now. The big three: formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate (aka DBP). But what exactly are these chemicals and why have they been systematically eliminated from cosmetics?

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