This campaign is currently suspended due to lack of funding. To help us restart work on the issue, please donate now. To view our previous work on cosmetic see the press releases below or click on the links on the navigation bar, left. We may still be able to answer media enquiries about cosmetics. Please call ++ 44 (0)20 7481 9004.

27/5/05 All phthalates should be banned from cosmetics and toiletries, in light of research that confirms the threat they pose to human fertility and reproductive development.

11/10/04 Think before you pink! How much do ‘pink ribbon products’ really help prevent breast cancer? asks a new Think Before You Pink campaign launched today.

18/6/04 Consumer pressure needed to let genie out of bottle - First seminar to bring together industry, retailers and customers to discuss chemicals in cosmetics.

13/1/04 WEN response to ‘Concentrations of Parabens in Human Breast Tumours’ by Dr Philippa Darbre et al, Reading University, Journal of Applied Toxicology 12/1/04

11/12/03 Getting lippy about lippy Evidence that products that promise youth, beauty and sexual attractiveness may actually impair fertility and increase the effects of ageing, is contained in a new briefing from Women’s Environmental Network (WEN).

14/11/02 New survey reveals: Fertility-threatening chemicals in cosmetics Stockholm/London, 14 November 2002: Top brand cosmetics on sale in Sweden and Britain contain phthalates - chemicals hazardous to human health and fertility.

11/7/02 Response to 'Not too Pretty: Phthalates, Beauty Products & the FDA'.

9/7/02 Ending the cosmetics cover-up
Cosmetics and toiletries in everyday use contain chemicals that threaten human health and the environment, Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) warns at the start of a new campaign to ‘end the cosmetics cover up’.