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Potpourri LoopholesDirty Dozen
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This professional occupation is exposed to toxins all day
long.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are cosmetologists?
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According to Annie Leonard, this is the key feature of the
economy in The Story of Cosmetics.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is “toxins in, toxins out”?
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Since the 1950’s, cosmetic companies have thought that better living can be
found through this type of science.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is chemistry?
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This plant is a healthy, non-harmful after shave
alternative.
CORRECT RESPONSE:What is the aloe vera plant?
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These three words on many cosmetic product bottles have no legal definition.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are herbal, organic and natural?
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This generic term is used, instead of specific fragrance
ingredients. It can be a mix of
potentially dozens of chemicals.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is parfum?
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By including therapeutic claims, companies can have products regulated as this which allows them to list only “active” ingredients.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are drugs?
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Products marked as “fragrance-free” or
“unscented” may contain fragrance ingredients in this
form.
(Hint: a kind of “agent”)
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are masking agents?
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The cosmetic industry in Canada has to disclose the
concentration of each ingredient to this Minister,
but not to the general public.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
Who is the Minister of Health?
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The cosmetic industry set up an “industry safety committee” allowing
corporations to set practices that are enforced
through this method.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is voluntary compliance?
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This foundation coined the term “The Dirty Dozen.”
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is the David Suzuki Foundation?
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This family of chemical culprits are found in creamy and
foaming products. They are harmful to fish and wildlife, and may cause cancer. It
shares an acronym with an infamous U.S. law agency.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is DEA?
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Name two of the four health issues linked to the
chemicals of The Dirty Dozen.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are cancer, reproductive disorders,
asthma, and severe allergies?
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Name any four of The Dirty Dozen.
CORRECT RESPONSE:What are: BHA and BHT, coal tar dyes, DEA-related ingredients,
dibutyl phthalate, formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, parabens,
parfum, PEG compounds, petrolatum, siloxanes, sodium
laureth sulfate, triclosan?
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Any one of these chemicals, found in a variety of
cosmetics, slowly release small amounts of
formaldehyde, which causes cancer.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is: DMDM hydantoin, diazolidinyl urea,
imidazolidinyl urea, methenamine or quarternium-
15?
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In The Story of Cosmetics, Annie Leonard found that
only this percent of chemicals used in products have been assessed by the
industry safety panel.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is 20%?
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More than this amount of all products surveyed
contained multiple Dirty Dozen chemicals.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is half?
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On average, women use this many personal care products per day.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is 12?
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Manufacturers have to notify Health Canada of a product’s ingredients this many days
after a product hits the market.
(Hint: 1, 10, 30, 90)
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is 10?
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Coal tar dyes can potentially cause cancer. They contain heavy metals that are toxic
to our brains. They are identified by “C.I.” plus this
many digits. (Hint: 1, 3, 5, 7)
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is 5?
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There’s _____ in my lipstick!
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is lead?
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Skin ____ cream is extremely toxic.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is whitening?
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We need common sense laws based
the ______ principle.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What is precautionary?
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On a survey of The Dirty Dozen, participants were
unable to locate ______ on more than
1000 products.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are ingredients or ingredient lists?
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Many products include _______ which can also be used to get grime off auto
parts.
CORRECT RESPONSE:
What are degreasers?
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Final bonus question!
You can take these actions to help detox
your personal care products.
Thanks for playing The Detox Challenge!
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