‘Toxic Beauty’ Documentary at ‘Meet the Press’ Film Festival Highlights Lack of Cosmetics Regulations in the U.S.

A documentary highlighting the lax regulation in the U.S. cosmetics industry was at the forefront of Sunday’s “Meet the Press” Film Festival in Washington, D.C. “Toxic Beauty,” directed by Phyllis Ellis, features women who are living with or have since lost their lives to ovarian cancer that directly correlates to the use of talc, alongside a makeup-loving medical student who performs a self-experiment to reveal her body’s toxic load. The documentary, which is premiering in the U.S. for the first time and does not yet have distribution, is designed to make viewers question the chemicals in their beauty and personal-care products. It is debuting in the wake of thousands of lawsuits over claims of cancer-causing asbestos found in Johnson & Johnson’s talc products, and decades of the consumer health giant allegedly attempting to cover it up. “It’s the exact type of story where the government’s not doing enough about it, you can say people’s lives are in danger, and frankly in some ways the current media industrial complex can’t cover it thoroughly,” said Chuck Todd of “Meet the Press.” “It’s the kind of story I could never figure out how to cover on ‘Meet the Press’ — maybe I could ask a

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