No matter what industry you’re in—safety is not only fundamental—it’s detrimental if the proper guidelines are not followed. Whether on the consumer end or the B2B end of an industry, consumers, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and everyone else in between demands safety in order to successfully operate lucrative business. You wouldn’t buy a product at your local market if you new it wasn’t put through specific safety procedure, why do you think others would do any different?
According to Dr. Samuel Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, “The industry markets cosmeceuticals with anecdotal or even wild claims of effectiveness, rather than scientific data, and with reckless disregard for safety,” as reported by CosmeticsDesign.com. He accuses the industry of including ingredients that are not regulated properly by FDA that could potentially increase the user’s risk of sunburn and skin cancer.