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On the recordDecember 3, 2019
Black women and women of color are particularly at risk because the cosmetics products sold to them are often the most harmful.
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois

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Kelly highlights the disproportionate risk faced by women of color from harmful cosmetics.

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