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Would You Put Fossil Fuels on Your Face? You Probably Already Are.

In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Arabelle Sicardi outlines the true cost of the beauty industry’s environmental impact, its health implications and how to fix it.
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Two of the most common personal care ingredients, petrolatum and mineral oil, are fossil fuel byproducts, (Shutterstock)
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  • Arabelle Sicardi

The journalist Arabelle Sicardi has observed the machinations of the beauty industry from within as a writer for publications like

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