What consumers are reading about product ingredients

Consumers get a constant flow of information from for-profit companies, as well as watchdog organizations charged with exposing products, ingredients and practices that might be harmful. These are a few popular destinations and what they have to say about inactive skincare and haircare ingredients:

• Organic skin care company Made from Earth

• Mercola.com

• Environmental Working Group

More articles in our package on OTC product ingredients:

Inactive but controversial OTC product ingredients

The evidence around nanotechnology

Resources for physicians and patients

Talking about preservatives with patients

Prohibited ingredients at a glance

Paraben facts and fallacies

GRAPHIC: An explanation of parabens for patients

Johnson & Johnson's commitment to consumers