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A new study that finds troubling levels of toxic metals in lipstick and lip gloss is giving women reason to pause before puckering up. John Salerno, M.D., a board-certified family physician who specializes in complementary medicine, tells Newsmax Health that women are wise to reconsider all the cosmetics they have been using because heavy metal contamination is not limited to the sheen on their lips. [Full Story]
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