Safety of Hair Dyes and Cosmetic Products: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, July 19, 1979 |
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Adenocarcinoma adverse reactions Age at diagnosis Age at inclusion animal association beauticians bladder cancer breast cancer cancer patients Cancer site group cancer status carcinogenic Carcinoma-in-situ Cervix chemicals cohort analysis Connecticut consumers containing controls cosmetic ingredients cosmetic products cosmetol cosmetologist and school CTFA Data on cancers Date of death Date of diagnosis Date of inclusion deceased diagnosed amongst females diagnosis Age diagnosis Histologic type dioxane disease DRUG ADMINISTRATION Ductal carcinoma Ductal carcinoma Breast endometrial cancer Endometrium epidemiological expected number FDA's FOOD AND DRUG GARDNER group group Date hair dyes hairdressers HARBRANT hazards Health Hodgkin's disease human included inclusion in study increased risk length of exposure LENT lung cancer MAGUIRE Malignant melanoma matched pairs analysis NDELA nitrosamines Number of matched numbers of cancer occupation Ovary permanent hair dyes polysorbate 60 potential reported school teachers skin Squamous cell carcinoma status of cosmetologist Subcommittee Table Urinary bladder women
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Page 198 - ... not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, sound or any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the commodity to which the advertisement relates under the conditions prescribed in said advertisement, or under such conditions as are customary or usual.
Page 101 - Caution — This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows, to do so may cause blindness," and the labeling of which bears adequate directions for such preliminary testing.
Page 245 - But an agency changing its course must supply a reasoned analysis indicating that prior policies and standards are being deliberately changed, not casually ignored...
Page 369 - ... of labour, or, if his health be too much impaired for this, retire altogether from work. And even in those industries where no excessive amount of muscular strength is required, there must nevertheless be always a certain time beyond which continuance in the business becomes an impossibility.
Page 245 - Our complex society now demands administrative agencies. The variety of problems dealt with make absolute consistency, perfect symmetry, impossible. And the law reflects its good sense by not exacting it. But law does not permit an agency to grant to one person the right to do that which it denies to another similarly situated. There may not be a rule for Monday, another for Tuesday, a rule for general application, but denied outright in a specific case.
Page 6 - This concludes my statement, Mr. Chairman. My colleagues and I will be pleased to try to answer any questions you and your subcommittee members may have.
Page 18 - I would be happy to answer any questions you or members of the Subcommittee may have. Mr.
Page 168 - We should lay to rest the idea that it is these man-made compounds, abroad In the land, that are responsible for the fact that 25 percent of Americans die of cancer. They are not. The possible effects of all known man-made chemicals. when totalled, could contribute only a minuscule fraction of the total of all carctnogenesis in our population.
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Page 175 - ... descending order of predominance with the exception of flavor and fragrance. It is more informative than food ingredient labeling because it requires specific designation of color ingredients, and is far more informative than drug ingredient labeling which requires declaration only of active ingredients. Any cosmetic which has not been adequately substantiated for safety prior to marketing is required by an FDA regulation to bear the warning statement that "the safety of this product has not...