Product Problems

I feel I must clarify something. Yes, I am concerned about the number of cases of cancer being on the rise, but that is not my main concern with ingredients in our lotions, gels, and shampoos. Yes, I am concerned about the potential damage to reproductive and other developing systems in children. But that is not my main issue either. The biggest problem I have is that we shouldn't have to worry at all. These ingredients should be regulated. I should be able to put on any kind of lip gloss, use any kind of lotion and wash with any kind of soap, without wondering if their are KNOWN toxins, without wondering if what goes down my shower drain is causing frogs to have 4 eyes and 6 legs, without wondering if what I use a normal every day basis is causing an employee in a manufacturing plant to expose themselves to poisons. If the UK and EU have regulations, why doesn't the US? Why is there lead in lipstick and kid's toys? Why are their petroleum based ingredients in face wash and make up? If you won't rub gas on your skin at the gas station, why would you wash with it or use lotion with it? My point is there are safer ingredients companies can use, so why aren't they using them, and more importantly, why are they allowed to use the harmful ones in the first place?