| Nanotech widespread in cosmetics, report finds |
| Tuesday, 24 November 2009 14:56 |
 SOME of the world's most prestigious cosmetic houses have been accused by an environmental group of using Australian women as guinea pigs.The cosmetic industry says the controversial use of nanoparticles is not widespread. But an independent analysis by Friends of the Earth, which has described nanoparticle cosmetics as the 21st-century equivalent of lead and arsenic face powders, found nanomaterials in all 10 randomly selected foundations. |