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🗓️ 26 August 2021
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I may not paint my fingernails, but I can appreciate the desire to have pretty colorful nails. However, the acetone nail polish remover you soak your hands in to remove those pretty colors is extremely problematic. The main ingredient in most nail polish removers is acetone, and it’s been known to have pretty severe side effects. But what about all those other ingredients the FDA doesn’t require cosmetic companies to disclose? Tune in to learn more.
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0:00.0 | It's that time of the week for another fatal convenience. |
0:06.1 | This is a bite-sized segment that addresses some of society's fatal conveniences, and |
0:12.0 | the steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim of them. |
0:16.7 | I define fatal conveniences as the things we may be doing because the world we live in |
0:23.1 | makes us believe we have to. |
0:26.3 | Water, shampoo, sunglasses, food, I dive into the hidden truths behind some of our everyday |
0:33.0 | choices that could not only be harming us, but even killing us. |
0:38.8 | So let's dive in. |
0:40.8 | Hey everybody, welcome to the show. |
0:43.4 | This is Dernolene. |
0:44.5 | This is another installment of fatal conveniences. |
0:48.2 | This is nail polish removers. |
0:52.8 | So women and men and whomever else wants to polish their nails, paint their nails, and |
0:59.2 | then ultimately have to remove whatever it is they painted them with or gels or whatever. |
1:05.5 | Listen, in the cosmetic industry, it is interesting because yes, is the FDA supposed to regulate |
1:13.9 | it? |
1:14.9 | Yep. |
1:15.9 | But under law, cosmetic products and ingredients do not need FDA pre-market approval. |
1:22.5 | Basically, they don't have to test for anything and they can put it in there, especially if |
1:27.8 | it's proprietary. |
1:28.8 | But we're going to focus in on the nails. |
1:32.2 | I have been around my mom when I was a kid when she was removing nail polish and it revolted |
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