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Amanda Jara

Skin Deep - Gold Face Cream - A Costly Leap of Faith - NYTimes.com - 2 views

    • Amanda Jara
       
      we can look up other common ingredients that cause allergic reactions...ie arbutin
    • Katie Rigdon
       
      I think allergies could be a really interesting topic to add to our blog because, like Jenny said, we are kind of all over the place and I think we need some topics so skin allergies (to things in cosmetics) could be one of them!
    • Jenny Mu
       
      But we also have to keep the topic focused on chemistry, and allergies could really easily go into biology or something like that. but there is a chemistry side to allergies too, so maybe that could work
    • Andrew Kang
       
      The article kept stressing the benefits of colloidal gold as opposed to gold in flakes or just applied to the skin. Perhaps we could look at nanochemistry in cosmetics - it was nanoparticles that gave the colloidal cream its advantage and with anything you apply to your skin perhaps there is consideration given to the substance on the molecular scale for its efficacy.
    • Jenny Mu
       
      But we should also consider the element itself. Whether in nanoparticles or in flakes, what scientific evidence is there that gold is good for the skin? Or is it just one big, expensive scam...
Andrew Kang

Safety of Nano-Cosmetics Questioned : NPR - 0 views

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    This article is from 2006. Although a bit dated, it is still worth reading. It poses the possibility of health risks of nano-cosmetics which we know gold colloids utilize. 
Andrew Kang

'Nano' labelling will reveal little about products - Health News - News - WalesOnline - 2 views

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    Another article - this time more recent. This shows just how much nano-chemistry is prevalent in today's world of cosmetics that they are now making it mandatory in the EU to label products as "nano" to inform the consumer about the possible health risk. 
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