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Better Beauty

What do the following events have in common? Franklin D. Roosevelt established the March of Dimes. The first ski lift in the U.S. opened in Vermont. Adolf Hitler took direct control of the German military. Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia. Synthetic yarn was officially named "nylon." The tape recorder and ball point pen were invented. The year was 1938. What else happened that year? 1938 was the last year that the U.S. passed a federal law regulating the cosmetic industry. Now, I don't know about you, but as someone who works in a highly regulated healthcare industry, this fact is absolutely appalling to me.  I am very familiar with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 and thankful that it was implemented. However, let me just say that if we still regulated drugs only under laws that were last passed in 1938 (including this one)...well...I can't even tell you how scary that would be! Current buzzwords such as organic and all-natural mak