Table of Contents

Introduction: Why You're at Risk Part One: How Our Products Got Toxic Chapter One: History's Beauty Industry Influences Chapter Two: The Chemical Threat to Your Health Chapter Three: Losing the Winnable Cancer War Chapter Four: You Lost Your "Right to Know" Part Two: Identifying Product Dangers Chapter Five: Products Targeting Infants and Children Chapter Six: Products Targeting Women Chapter Seven: Products Targeting Beauty and Nail Salons Chapter Eight: Products Targeting Sun Worshippers Chapter Nine: Products Targeting Youth Seekers Chapter Ten: Products Targeting Everyone Part Three: Getting Us Out of Danger Chapter Eleven: Reforming the Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Industry Chapter Twelve: Two Healthy Trends in Your Future Chapter Thirteen: A Guide to Protecting You and Your Family Appendix One: Toxic Ingredients Tear-Out Sheet Appendix Two: Resources for Your Health Appendix Three: Industry Trade Associations and What They Conceal from You Appendix Four: Badges of Honor

About the Author

Samuel S. Epstein, MD, professor emeritus of environmental health at the University of Illinois, Chicago, has published 270 scientific articles and authored or coauthored 15 books. Dr. Epstein has been a consultant to the U.S. Senate and is frequently invited to give congressional testimony. He has also consulted for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor. He has appeared on national TV shows including "60 Minutes," "Face the Nation," "Meet the Press," "Good Morning America" and the "Today" show, along with major documentaries, including the 2004 prize-winning "The Corporation." Coauthor Randall Fitzgerald has been an investigative newspaper and magazine reporter and author for 37 years. He has written features for Reader's Digest, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. His most recent book is The Hundred Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health.