I've heard certain eyeliners contain lead and that it's a harmful (cancerous) ingredient. I use Urban Decay's 24/7 eyeliner and on the box it says it contains aluminum powder. Is that another word for lead? If not, is aluminum powder harmful too? Thanks!
....are you on crack?! Aluminum (Al) and Lead (Pb) are both elements, and *very* different elements, although they are both metals. Lead is harmful, Aluminum can also be harmful; it has been shown to cause some people to get Alzheimer's disease in high quantities, so it is best avoided but not horrible. The principal symptom of aluminum poisoning is the loss of intellectual function; forgetfulness, inability to concentrate, and in extreme cases, full blown dementia. It is also known to cause bone softening and bone mass loss, kidney and other soft tissue damage, in large doses it can cause cardiac arrest.
Nope - not lead. Aluminum is one of the most common substances in the earths crust. Shouldn't hurt you. And actually fancy ladies covered their faces with white lead for a LONG time (Queen Elizabeth I white face was from white lead) - and these people didn't die even though they had quite a poisonous stuff on their skin.
Aluminium and lead are two different elements - they're not the same thing. (Aluminium is the stuff that soft drink cans are made of.) But i would watch out for aluminium as well. There is a small amount of evidence that aluminium might be linked to Alzheimers and things like that. It's much *less* of a risk than lead, but generally metal powders are not things that you want in your body, if you can avoid it.
no aluminum powder is not lead. There is some lead in various cosmetics, and these would be impurities of 1 part to 1,000,000 (ppm). If you are in the US, there are documentation on cosmetics and lead for the US. www.fda /Cosmetics/ProductandI... www.fda /ForConsumers/Consumer...
Aluminium is aluminium. Aluminium is not lead, no more than copper is gold. Those are different metals. Due to its toxicity, there is zero chance any lead would be in commercially available, genuine cosmetics. Some claim that aluminium may cause Alzheimer's disease, but the link has not been proved, and would have to involve actually eating the stuff in large amount.
