Social Responsibility and Sustainability News

While browsing the counter of Origins, a cosmetics company that bills itself as a “natural skincare” company, the sales lady made some rather remarkable claims about a product. She told me that Plantscription SPF 15 foundation firms skin and smooths out wrinkles. According to Origin’s website, Plantscription SPF 15 is a “patent-pending, clinically proven anti-aging foundation.” Rather big claims for a little bottle of foundation. The implication is that the foundation can do what dermatological prescriptions for wrinkles can do. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is getting fed up with such claims.The FDA reviewed Lancôme’s website and found even bigger claims, including that two of its products “boost the activity of genes.