An einem beliebigen Tag nutzt der durchschnittliche Verbraucher bis zu 25 verschiedene Kosmetik und Körperpflegeprodukte, mit bis zu 200 verschiedenen chemischen Bestandteilen. 

Konsumenten wollen sicher gehen, dass die von ihnen benutzten Produkte sicher sind. Hersteller können das Vertrauen und die Loyalität ihrer Kunden herstellen, in dem sie eine Zusicherung geben, die Erklärung für sichere Kosmetik.  

Diese Firmen versichern:

Alle Produkte, die wir weltweit herstellen, halten die Standards und die zeitlichen Fristen ein, die durch die Direktive der Europäischen Gemeinschaft 76/768/EEC gesetzt werden. Das bedeutet, dass unsere Produkte frei sind von Chemikalien, von denen bekannt ist oder die verdächtigt werden, krebserregend, zellschädigend oder erbgutverändernd zu sein.

Viele Firmen übernehmen damit Verantwortung. Einige große Kosmetikhersteller, z. B. Avon, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, Revlon, Procter & Gamble und Unilever haben diese Erklärung bislang nicht unterschrieben. 

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Campaign for safe cosmetics             [1] www.safecosmetics.org      

THE COMPACT FOR GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF SAFE HEALTH & BEAUTY PRODUCTS Our company pledges:

• That all of the cosmetics and personal care products made by our company anywhere in the world will meet the standards and deadlines set by the European Union Directive 76/768/EEC to be free of chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects.
• To implement substitution plans that replace hazardous materials with safer alternatives within three years. We will accomplish this by:
• Conducting an inventory of potential chemicals of concern in our products (or byproducts) to determine their toxicity to living things, their persistence in the environment, their ability to increase in concentration in the food chain, their contamination of our bodies, or qualities they possess that pose hazards including carcinogens, endocrine disrupters, sensitizers, mutagens, reproductive toxins, developmental toxins and neurotoxins
• Developing an aggressive substitution plan and timeline: to move to safer materials, prioritizing for substitution those compounds internationally recognized as most toxic; to provide for an ongoing review of safer materials and chemicals as effective, cost-competitive alternatives are available, and; to work with upstream suppliers to provide toxicity data on chemicals in products.
• Publicly reporting on progress to meet these goals.

SIGNERS OF THE COMPACT FOR GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF SAFE HEALTH & BEAUTY PRODUCTS  The companies listed below have pledged to not use chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects in their products and to implement substitution plans that replace hazardous materials with safer alternatives in every market they serve. Several major cosmetics companies, including OPI,

 Companies that have signed the Compact as of January 25, 2007 include 

Lesen sie auch [2] http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/index.cfm  (Englisch)