根據一份由非營利性組織「美國消費者團體安全化妝品聯盟」所委託進行的產品測試結果發現，某些在美國生產且每天有上百萬名女性使用的口紅中含有相當高的鉛成分。
這項檢驗行動主要是由獨立實驗室在9月時針對波士頓、哈特福特、康乃迪克州、舊金山和明尼阿波里斯市所販售的口紅進行檢測。
「安全化妝品聯盟」是一個爭取女性、公眾健康、勞工、環境衛生和消費權利的公益團體，該團體日前指出，抽樣的33支知名品牌口紅中，有20支被檢測出含有明顯的鉛成分，濃度從0.03ppm到0.65ppm不等，但這些口紅都沒有標示含有鉛成分。
其中11支口紅的鉛含量更超出美國食品藥物管理局針對糖果鉛含量設定的0.1ppm標準，這項標準的目的在保護兒童直接攝取到鉛。
鉛攝取量過高會導致血壓升高，特別是中年及老年族群，同時也會容易引發貧血症；攝取高濃度的鉛會使成年人或兒童腦部和腎臟病變，最終導致死亡。
Some of the red lipsticks manufactured in the United States and used daily by millions of women contain high levels of lead, according to new product tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a nonprofit coalition.
The tests for lead in lipstick were conducted by an independent laboratory over the month of September on red lipsticks bought in Boston, Hartford, Connecticut, San Francisco and Minneapolis.
Twenty of 33 brand-name lipsticks tested contained detectable levels of lead, with levels ranging from 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million, ppm. None of these lipsticks listed lead as an ingredient, according to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of women's, public health, labor, environmental health and consumer rights groups.
Eleven of the tested lipsticks exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 0.1 ppm limit for lead in candy - a standard established to protect children from directly ingesting lead.
Lead exposure also causes small increases in blood pressure, particularly in middle-aged and older people and can cause anemia. Exposure to high lead levels can severely damage the brain and kidneys in adults or children and ultimately cause death.
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