"Powerful, alarming...
will almost certainly send at least a few people straight to their bathrooms to dump the contents of their makeup bags."
- Toronto Star
will almost certainly send at least a few people straight to their bathrooms to dump the contents of their makeup bags."
- Toronto Star
"thorough and backs up its arguments well."
- Eye For Film |
"excellent cautionary documentary...
takes big pharma to task in ways rarely acknowledged." - What She Said |
"illustrates how marketing myths are simply another form of misogyny against women's bodies."
- POV Magazine
- POV Magazine
"Toxic Beauty is Highly Recommended because of the honest account it gives about the beauty industry without blaming one individual."
-EMRO
-EMRO
Featuring Industry Experts
Dr. Daniel Cramer, MD, Sc.D
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
Alec Batis
Former Chemist, L'Oreal, Cosmetic Chemist and Marketer |
Dr. Tamarra James-Todd, PhD
Epidemiologist, Researcher, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Dr. Roberta Ness, MD, MPH
Dean, University of Texas School of Public Health |
Dr. David Michaels, PhD, MPH
Professor, George Washington University School of Public Health, Author, Doubt is Their Product |
Dr. Ami Zota
Environmental Health Scientist, Associate Professor, George Washington Milken School of Public Health |
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Toxic Beauty
Directed by Phyllis Ellis
Run time: 90 min Public Performance Rights Licensing:
Starting at $299 Organizations & institutions please contact info@passionriver.com today for a quote Genres: Documentary
Synopsis:
Toxic Beauty reveals the truth about harmful health consequences of chemicals found in everyday cosmetic and beauty products, the huge corporations that knowingly use them and the lack of governmental regulations to protect consumers. |
Long Synopsis:
Each morning we spritz and slather ourselves in over 100 different chemicals – yet the cosmetics and personal care industry in North America is not required to prove an ingredient is safe for human health before it is on the shelves. So when we run a bath, lather cream for a shave, carefully apply our makeup or deodorize our underarms, we could be exposing our bodies to toxic chemicals. Hormonal disruption in baby boys, developmental delays, ADHD, low sperm count in men – the effects aren’t pretty.
Toxic Beauty is a documentary feature that follows the class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and the plaintiffs; women fighting for justice in a race against time.
Each morning we spritz and slather ourselves in over 100 different chemicals – yet the cosmetics and personal care industry in North America is not required to prove an ingredient is safe for human health before it is on the shelves. So when we run a bath, lather cream for a shave, carefully apply our makeup or deodorize our underarms, we could be exposing our bodies to toxic chemicals. Hormonal disruption in baby boys, developmental delays, ADHD, low sperm count in men – the effects aren’t pretty.
Toxic Beauty is a documentary feature that follows the class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and the plaintiffs; women fighting for justice in a race against time.