Poisonous Hair Dyes And Cosmetics

Several casos of leud palsy Imvine: been tno-d to the use of a eosiueli ■i the ''1! O'Mll of Voulh," tbt; i i.-u( ol Healtli i f Now Vnrk directed Dr 0. F. Chaudlar, ita uh üniat, (o m ike an analjsis ƒ thè varioun toilet prepara ti.uis i' gciv.T.il ase. lio giren an analy wis of Bixteeu differei t hair dyes, all but one of' wbioh contain lead iu -iijiui; i tío i, 'l'ho following sta;c. the official report shows the g:ain of load coolaiued ín ono fluid ounca o eacb: r.iih-e for tbe Ilair. . 0.1] Uaír n.Uur 4 Ayerfs Halr Vigor pf. W'wil'i i.nr Restorntiva . ]r J. O'Brieu'í Halr Rcstrer of America.. S. s .■rative 8. l'h' ■ 'Vegetable Ambrosia '■ World Unir Restorer. .. 1. L. Knltl ■■ ■ i. Mal [ton U.'iir iíi . ó. sin Six Lotions or washes for tlie coniilexion were analjzed, io none of which )[)isonou8 metala were ;';u'.;(], exce] 'irv's 3! th ai liioii contained both Mercnrj and Zino en Enameta fot tho gkio were esuinitu-d, iirce of whFch eontaioed carbonate i or Wliite LcaJ. These were üie'? Favorite," "Snow-wliito Edamel," Qnd"Si)ov--iite Orieuti vtlcrs frir tha skin l exaroined wbich wero found to bo as harmless n any o'.her form of flirt. - Tho Keport conoludos aa fcllous: '-t appears from tho foregoing, 1. The Ilair Torres, W i lltstoratives eontain lo. id in ■ . i h ; that thoy owo their aotioD to tbis ;:: and tha'. thry r.ro coogeíjneotly highlj dangorous to the hoalth of tho iiTT using them. v ' 2 Witli tho singlo esccptinn of p. ry'g Moth and FWkle Lotion, whiol containa qorrosive sublimato, the Lotion :in are ftee from loud aud oth' er iojurioua metala, 8. Ti.at the enarnels are coinposedof r the oarbooate of.lime, oxide f,f or carbonate of lead uspondcd . The first two classes of pnam re oomparatively harmless, as ham,! I ss ai bdj oihfr white dirt when p]as] ierrA over the skin to close its pores and ent its lic ilthy action. Oo thn oth. e hand, ili" rtinmeis coiriposed of tU oarbunateof lead are bighlj dangoroui ipd iheir ase 'u vety certaiñ u producj disastfous resulta to those who patror,m, iheiti. 4 The white powderg for the skin M6 lürmiess, ezoept in so (nr as their applioiition mny interforü with the healtbt aotion of tho skin " ' Ttiis report is so eloquent ip faeta ihat. it is iinriecesHary to idd an'y commerits. . Tf pe.ple will dye their hair and bedaub their skins il is delito kno the na;ure of the malerials they aru u,.