Re: PLEASE READ:about coastal scents(very bad news)
OK folks, I've woken up, the wait is over. Chemical A is sodium chloride aka common salt - the sort of stuff you'd sprinkle over your food or find in the sea. It can kill people in certain circumstances and you really shouldn't inhale it. It can cause breakouts too.
The problem with data from an MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) is that you have to have some scientific background to understand it and I don't think the girl in the YouTube does. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Yes, when you are handling finely powdered silica all day long and exposed to it occupationally, there is a hazard from inhalation. You
should wear appropriate protective clothing. There are plenty of manufacturing processes (from grinding to transferring between containers and packing) that can cause the powder to become airborne.
Using the makeup on yourself or others doesn't usually result in significant levels of airborne product (provided you're not doing something stupid of course). If you are put off Coastal Scents Silica Spheres Powder because of the silica content then you can't use MUFE HD Powder either as that is 100% silica powder.
You also can't use dozens of M·A·C products which contain silica too.
The risk to a consumer's health from silica exposure through normal use of makeup is negligible.
Go have a look at the MSDSs for
sand,
common salt and
talc and see how scary and dangerous they seem. Now think about how often you come across these products in everyday life. If they were as dangerous as the girl in the YouTube video thinks then they'd be banned.
There's another thing that people haven't thought of at all and it's quite important. If you are making cosmetics, pharmaceutical or food products, you want to protect the product from being contaminated by the workers. They should wear body covering clothing, have their hair covered, wear gloves and sometimes face masks. How would anyone here feel if the cosmetic powder they bought contained hairs and dandruff from workers on the production line? Ewwww! springs to mind.
It's true that Coastal Scents may have handled this better but the whole argument that the product is dangerous is fatally flawed.
To sum it up in big letters (because most people won't bother to read my long post);
THERE IS NO HEALTH RISK TO CONSUMERS WHO USE COASTAL SCENTS SILICA SPHERES POWDER SENSIBLY.
If you snort it, you're on your own!
