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    This article touches on one of the dirty little secrets of beauty products: By and large, they are a chemical stew with ingredients that would require EPA warnings if used in industrial settings. I’m amazed that EPA doesn’t regulate the volatiles in nail salons. Steve SchlosserSaratoga, Calif.

    By Science News
  2. Health & Medicine

    More than Skin Deep? Beauty products may damage fetal development

    A new report shows that many cosmetics contain phthalates—a class of chemicals known to cause developmental deformities in animals.

    By John Pickrell
  3. Health & Medicine

    Disabled Defense: HIV protein counters immune-cell gene

    Immune cells contain a protein that can inhibit HIV replication if the AIDS virus lacks a key protein.