Have you ever thought about what is in your cosmetics, sweet-smelling bath products or that lipstick your toddler loves to wear (and undoubtedly eat!)?

Believe it or not, as much as 70 percent of what we put on our skin ends up inside our bodies.^* And yet many popular cosmetic, fragrance, and beauty products contain toxic ingredients like mercury, lead, or phthalates, which have been linked to reproductive and developmental issues.

Unfortunately, there is almost no safety or health regulation over these products, which most of us use every day. Instead, the cosmetic industry claims it can voluntarily regulate itself. Call us cynical, but if we've learned anything from the current state of Wall Street and the banking industry, we'd say corporate "self-regulation" doesn't always put our families' interests, health and safety first.

Check out the Safe Cosmetics web site and the Skin Deep Database for more information on the campaign.

^*Source: The Breast Cancer Fund