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Health: Body News.
SaferNail Polish?
Two cosmetics manufacturers are removing a substance from nail polish that has been linked to birth defects in animals. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), which belongs to a class of chemicals called phthalates, is under renewed scrutiny in the United States because of a European ban that will soon go into effect. Estee Lauder (which owns Clinique and M.A.C., among others) has ceased its use, and this month Procter & Gamble (whose brands include CoverGirl) will follow suit, although spokeswomen for both companies say that they consider phthalates to be safe. (Aveda, L'Oreal, Maybelline, Revlon, and Urban Decay already make DBP-free polishes.) Phthalates are …
