Tag Archives: Safer

When you think about harmful chemicals, you might imagine a hazardous waste site or contamination in water. But toxic chemicals also lurk in the food we eat and products we use every day. The issue of toxic chemicals in products, namely beauty and personal care products, is particularly personal for me. I grew up getting hair straightening treatments, starting at …

It’s painful to list those animal parts, though they were the standard sources of hyaluronic acid up to that point, when Shiseido’s biotech discovery helped open the door for modern skin care andfillers as we know them. (The first nonanimal hyaluronic acid filler, Restylane, was created in 1996.) Similarly, biotechnology has made possible vegan replicas of other animal-derived ingredients such …