Nu Skin Lipstick has Twice as Much Lead
The Fraud Discovery Institute Inc. (FDI) (http://www.frauddiscovery.net) learned that Nu Skin’s (NYSE: NUS) Nu Colour Replenishing Lipstick Amber Spice contained 1.12 ppm of
lead in the tested sample.
To establish an objective baseline as to just what constitutes a high level of
lead in lipstick, FDI compared the test results with those performed by
Safecosmetics.org (http://www.safecosmetics.org). Safe Cosmetics.org is a
non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the consumer from dangerous,
lead-filled cosmetics. In October of 2007, the company released the results of
a lead testing sampling of multiple lipstick products in a report titled, “A
Poison Kiss: The Problem of Lead in Lipstick,
which can be found at
(http://www.safecosmetics.org/docUploads/A%20Poison%20Kiss%2Epdf).
In fact, the same lab used by Safecosmetics.org for this study is the lab FDI
used and has been using to test various Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) products for lead
content. After comparing the results of tests on Nu Skin’s lipstick product
with those of their previous study, Stacy Malkan, communications director for
Safe Cosmetics.org stated that the lead in Nu Skin (lipstick) appears to be
almost twice as high as the most lead-contaminated brand tested by
SafeCosmetics.org.
“The FDA has no established lead law for lipstick, but I think that it is safe
to assume that Nu Skin probably does not want the distinction of being the most
lead-contaminated of lipsticks tested by the non-profit organization seeking to
protect consumers from dangerous products,” said Barry Minkow, co-founder of
the Fraud Discovery Institute Inc. “Although our primary focus is Herbalife, we
felt that the public needed to know about the potential dangers of high lead
levels of products in which they would least expect to find them.”
CONTACT:
Barry Minkow
FDI
9747 Businesspark Ave #218
San Diego, CA 92131
PHONE. 888-300-8307
Chris Roslan
DRC Public Relations
PHONE. (212) 966-4600
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