{
  "id": 2776864,
  "title": "Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/personal-care-products-are-awash-in-unlabeled-toxic-chemicals-study-2776864",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-23T11:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/personal-care-products-unlabeled-toxic-chemicals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Personal care products, including those labeled \"eco\", \"green\", or \"natural\", often contain unlabeled toxic chemicals. A recent study tested over 110 items, such as shampoo and baby lotions, and found that about 85% contained unlabeled toxic chemicals.\n\nMany of these products contained multiple ingredients known to be carcinogens or health hazards. According to the Guardian Health, even 26% of products labeled \"eco\", \"green\", or \"natural\" contained at least one dangerous compound.\n\nThe study also found that, on average, these products contained more than three times as many chemicals than were listed on their labels.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/personal-care-products-are-awash-in-unlabeled-toxic-chemicals-study",
        "published": "2026-08-23T11:00:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}