More peanuts in Clarins cosmetics

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NTEF to Clarins USA - Stop Using Peanut Ingredients Without Warning Notices

Peanuts in cosmetics raising health concerns. Source: National Toxic

Encephalopathy Foundation

Jun 17, 2008 00:24:13

(http://www.prlog.org/10080873-ntef-to-clarins-usa-stop-using-peanut-ingredients\

-without-warning-notices.pdf)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

_PRLog (Press Release)_ (http://www.prlog.org/) – Jun 17, 2008 – The

National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation (NTEF) is publicly asking Clarins:

When

are you going to start implementing warnings to consumers that you are

incorporating peanut related ingredients in your cosmetics?

In October of 2006, the NTEF became aware of three products with various

peanut ingredients, now there are seven that we are questioning. Clarins

removed

peanuts in some products and incorporated them into newer products. The

products are:

Body Firming Cream

Extra Firming Day Cream Special for Dry Skin

After Sun Replenishing Moisture Care for Face

Clarins Aromatic Plant Day Cream (All Skin Types)

Moisture Quenching Hydra-Balance Cream

Sun Control Stick, Very High Protection

Extra-Comfort Toning Lotion for Dry or Sensitized Skin

The French refer to peanuts as groundnuts and do not equate them with any

allergic reactions or health risks. If Clarins, a French corporation, does not

recognize peanuts as an allergy, how can they label for sale in the United

States these products claiming that they are “allergy tested�

Most people who are concerned about peanut allergies are accustomed to the

federal requirement to have the allergen visibly noticeable on the box. The

major problem we have determined is that consumers predominately throw out the

boxes that products come in. Without a notification on both the box and

possibly on the actual product consumers are left in the dark.

The Food and Drug Administration who oversees cosmetics and since peanuts

create a known health risk, without proper notification regarding peanuts they

can be construed as mislabeled and as such are would be in violation of

federal law.

Following either ingestion or inhalation, a person with peanut allergies can

experience a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.

This can lead to:

-constricted airways in the lungs

-severe lowering of blood pressure and shock ( " anaphylactic shock " )

-suffocation by swelling of the throat

Each year in the U.S., it is estimated that anaphylaxis to food results in:

-30,000 emergency room visits

-2,000 hospitalizations

-150 deaths [1]

Clarins: Beauty should be not harmful to anyone, please label

accordingly-Clarin

For further information on discrepancies regarding Clarins, visit:

Clarins-Info.Com

[1] Food Allergies What You Need to Know

_http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~http://www.cfsan_

(http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ffalrgn.html)

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