We spend about $43 billion on skincare products every year, but many of these products contain toxic chemicals- to the environment and to us-. “Only 13 percent of the 10,500 ingredients in personal care products have been reviewed for safety”, according to the Environmental Working Group (Their Skin Deep database helps consumers measure the toxicity of thousands of products).
In this video, faircompanies collaborator SuChin Pak lets faircompanies’ Kirsten Dirksen inspect her bathroom for parabens, phthalates and petroleum.
We also have a video inside SuChin’s refrigerator looking at food waste.