Team Collaboration Activity by Eva Wade

Global Perspective

wadeel27 — 2025-01-06 14:27:38 UTC

Regulations for cosmetics in the U.S. are minimal compared to to that of Europe. The FDA has a lack of control over cosmetics.

•Robins stresses the comparison of regulations on cosmetics in the U.S. to Europe to emphasize the little regulation there is in the U.S. cosmetics industry.

•The “EU has banned 1,100 chemicals from cosmetic and personal care products that are known or suspected to cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive toxicity” and “The FDA bans or restricts only 11 such chemicals”

(Robins 5).

•A basic inspection of these assumptions suggest that the inability of the FDA to regulate such ingredients puts the consumers at risk of facing complications.

Consumer Perspective

wadeel27 — 2025-01-06 14:28:04 UTC

Consumers are facing many health implications due to dangerous ingredients in cosmetics.

•Many consumers are facing health implications resulting from cosmetics with dangerous ingredients.

•Scott Faber, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for EWG stresses that even though most of the chemicals used in cosmetics are of little concern for risk, they are still dangerous, as some have been associated with serious health implications, like cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and delays in development (Faber 2020).

Industry Perspective

wadeel27 — 2025-01-06 14:29:06 UTC

Only Industries are in control of marketing and producing cosmetics products, leaving them to benefit, while consumers may struggle.

•Industries are “responsible for marketing safe, properly labeled products; using no prohibited ingredients; and adhering to limits on restricted ingredients” (FDA 2020).

•This works in the industries favor, it is only up to them when it comes to producing products.

Effects of Desire

2025-01-06 14:31:39 UTC

Similar to Rhode’s article, Shilpa Madan, Shankha Basu, Sharon Ng, et al., professors and business employees, state “In the domain of beauty, the motivation to conform to societal norms may lead to heightened self-discrepancy between the ideal beauty standards revered by the society and how beautiful women perceive themselves to be. This may prompt consumers with a stronger interdependent self to use different means to reduce this feeling of self-discrepancy, such as readily available appearance-enhancing tools and products” (Madan, Ng et al.). The quote suggests that consumers who have low self-confidence levels are willing to purchase and use products that contain potentially detrimental ingredients.

Effect on Animals

meads27_1 — 2025-01-06 14:32:41 UTC

Effects of Pressure

2025-01-06 14:34:05 UTC

Deborah Rhode, an expert faculty member at Stanford Law School, states, “Most research suggests that obese individuals are at risk for depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and other psychological and mental health problems. Women are less satisfied with their appearance than with any other important life dimension but financial success. As subsequent discussion suggests, much of the reason lies in the ridicule, shame, guilt, and discrimination that social pressures impose” (Rhode).

Society pressures people to purchase or find interest with products that contain ingredients that can harm an individual.
Women are afraid to not buy these products as they are afraid of standing out.

Effect on Laborers

meads27_1 — 2025-01-06 14:34:18 UTC

Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomas Reuters Foundation, assesses the effects of attaining the cosmetic ingredient, mica
U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs found that, “This research suggests that further worldwide downstream products of palm fruit and palm oil, such as … personal care products, cosmetic products … may be produced with an input produced with child labor and forced labor.“
This problem has been portrayed as a workplace ethics problem, although hard to maintain as the workplace is around the world

Effects/Description of Harmful Ingredients

2025-01-06 14:35:23 UTC

Ingredients such as Phthalates, DPB, and Oxybenzone are more than harmful to the human body, but are incorporated in many cosmetic ingredients that continue to be sold everyday. These products are bought by clueless consumers daily. Relating to these safety concerns, Janna Palliser, a consulting editor for Science Scope, in her article “Green Beauty”, states………….immense sickness and even death.

Phthalates, DPB, and Oxybenzone are harmful ingredients that are used commonly in cosmetic products.
They can lead to countless amounts of issues.

Effect on the Environment/Humans

meads27_1 — 2025-01-06 14:35:58 UTC

Examples

Toluene can be found in nail polish, nail treatment, and cuticle treatment and imposes, “emerging concerns including ecotoxicology (a wildlife and environmental toxin).” It also imposes threats to human health as well including, “ links to cancer, development/reproduction toxicity and allergies/immunotoxicity.

There are many alternatives to harmful products, which once again leads us back to the problem, unetichical business place efforts