Toxic Beauty (2019)
Beauty products are a multi-billion-dollar industry. Despite public attention, companies continue to get away with harmful practices that leave the average consumer wondering which brand can be trusted. Toxic Beauty's case in point is the landmark class action lawsuit brought by female cancer survivors against Johnson & Johnson, in the face of the company's insistence that their baby talc products are safe.
- Date of release
- 2019-09-20
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Phyllis Ellis
Casting
- Deane Berg — Self
- Mel Lika — Self
- Mymy Nguyen — Self
Interesting facts
Toxic Beauty is a 2019 Canadian-American documentary film about exposure to dangerous substances from commonly trusted beauty products such as baby powder. Directed by Phyllis Ellis and produced by White Pine Pictures, the film premiered at the April 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The documentary follows the experiences and motivations of beauty product consumers as well as the experience of cancers caused by brand-name cosmetics, including but not limited to Johnson & Johnson.
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