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The truth about American cosmetics played on NPR.
Listen and tell your friends and family... these facts are true and scary!
http://aworldofpossibilities.org/program/more-than-skin-deep-the-chemicals-in-our-cosmetics
NPR- More Than Skin Deep: The Chemicals in our Cosmetics
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