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Women are being warned that some lipsticks could contain lead. The warnings come in the wake of a U.S. ruling that a class action suit can proceed against luxury goods giant LVMH, the manufacturer of Dior Addict Positive Red lipstick, which has been found to contain lead.
The lipstick was among dozens of lipsticks found to contain lead when the U.S. group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics commissioned an independent laboratory to test lead levels in 33 brand-name lipsticks.
61percent of the lipsticks tested had detectable lead levels. One-third of the lipsticks exceeded accepted U.S. level of lead for products that are ingested. The Dior lipstick was found to contain more than twice as much lead as is allowed.
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