File:Lash Lure Chamber of Horrors Display (4901257463).jpg
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DescriptionLash Lure Chamber of Horrors Display (4901257463).jpg |
In the 1920s and ‘30s, a product called Lash-Lure was manufactured as an eyelash and eyebrow dye for women. Advertisements for the product promised it would help consumers “radiate personality.” But the synthetic aneline dye contained a poison that caused ulceration of the corneas and degeneration of the eyeballs, leading to blindness and in at least one case, death. Soon thereafter, the product was taken off the market as an imminent danger to health. Although the Lash Lure company soon went out of business, the FDA worked to ensure that no products using the chemical the Lash Lure product used would be able to be manufactured or marketed. In November of 1938 the agency issued a TC (Trade Correspondence), notifying the cosmetic trade that paraphenylenediamine (the active ingredient in Lash Lure) would be deemed illegal (adulterated) under the newly enacted 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The agency also announced that it had begun legal action against any products containing the ingredient still on the market and would begin similar actions on those containing the latter as well. Learn more about FDA's role in protecting consumers from dangerous cosmetics. These photos are in the public domain, free of all copyright restrictions and available for use and redistribution without permission. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is appreciated but not required. |
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Author | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
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Unless otherwise noted, the contents of the Food and Drug Administration website (www.fda.gov) —both text and graphics— are public domain in the United States. [1] (August 18, 2005, last updated July 14, 2015)
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration at https://flickr.com/photos/39736050@N02/4901257463. It was reviewed on 28 January 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work. |
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Horizontal resolution | 600 dpi |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 12:39, 17 August 2010 |
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Image width | 2,324 px |
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Date and time of digitizing | 07:29, 4 August 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 08:39, 17 August 2010 |
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