There’s Lead in Your Lipstick

I purchased this book for the first time on my way to Newfoundland last summer. I thought it would be nice to read while camping in Gros Morne National Park. I was far too busy to even start it! So for a couple of months it was tossed around in the trunk. I began reading in the fall, I was shocked, and even horrified in some cases. Within a month I had switched ~80% of my cosmetic and personnel care products from toxic to environmentally and human friendly ones. It took me another couple of months to get to ~95%.

I read, I re-read, I told my friends, I told my co-workers, I used it for a daily safety meeting topic at work, I bought it (as well as products recommended within) as Christmas presents and finally I donated my original vacation battered copy to my sister. She recently informed me that it is so beaten up she is thinking of dismantling the remainder of the book and posting the recipes on the insides of her cupboards!

You may not currently know or care about the contents of the personal care products you use, but this book just may be the thing to change your mind.