The lipstick is a part of a woman’s everyday routine, right? Rarely these days can we see a female minus her lipstick. But do you know that there are some lipsticks that can prove harmful to health because they contain more than the prescribed amount of lead. Campaign for Safe Cosmetics hired an independent laboratory to analyze several well-known brands of lipstick. And you know what they found? Out of the 33 lipsticks analyzed 61% or 20 lipstick brands had high level of lead. The safe level of lead as prescribed by FDA is 0.1 parts per million. But the lab findings show that the lead level in lipsticks is high ranging from 0.03 up to 0.65 parts per million.

Some of the popular brands that were found out to have high lead level are L’Oreal, Cover Girl and Dior Addict. The findings of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have prompted the Food and Drug Administration to make an investigation on the different lipstick brands.

This high lead level content is potentially harmful. High concentration can result to problems in behavior and language, learning disabilities and lower IQ. Lead is also harmful to pregnant women since it can cause miscarriage.

So if you use any of the popular lipstick brands you should keep tabs on the result of FDA’s investigation.