Toxic chemicals may be hiding in makeup – a discovery made thanks to community engagement in local research 

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New research out of the Hazardous Waste Management Program (Haz Waste Program) in King County finds dangerously high levels of lead in traditional eyeliners. The study, published in PLOS Global Public Health on June 25, found lead levels in traditional eyeliners hundreds of thousands of times higher than Washington restriction levels under the Toxics Free Cosmetics Act – even in products labeled “lead free.”

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