# OMG! Lipstick=Lead=Cancer! Run! Hide!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [December 6, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046 "2007-12-06T17:28:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/1 "2007-12-06T17:28:43Z")
My friend sent me this _very important_ email about how lipstick contains lead which causes cancer, and instructs me to throw out all my lipstick after performing the following “lead test”. :eek:
Smear the lipstick on you hand and then rub your gold ring into the smear. If the lipstick turns black, it contains lead which causes cancer. Throw it away!! :rolleyes:
The email even contains all the name brands that have already failed the lead test, so it must be true!
I’d send her the Snopes on that, but I know her response already: “They” are in on it, too, and want you to get sick so “they” can make big money off your treatment.
Or maybe she just wants a bunch of new lipsticks.
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### Author:  [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/2 "2007-12-06T17:34:14Z")
We’ll see who is laughing when you catch elephantitis of the lips.
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### Author:  [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/3 "2007-12-06T17:47:47Z")
If Angelina Jolie is any indication, more women could use some unrestrained cell proliferation in their lips.
Just a little though.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/4 "2007-12-06T18:27:32Z")
[QUOTE=Ca3799]
My friend sent me this _very important_ email about how lipstick contains lead which causes cancer, and instructs me to throw out all my lipstick after performing the following “lead test”.
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Don’t waste any time, throw out the e-mail too. You can’t be too careful.
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### Author:  [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/5 "2007-12-06T18:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Ca3799]
Smear the lipstick on you hand and then rub your gold ring into the smear.
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I like this. Please don’t put lipstick on your lips, instead put the lead onto you hand. Brilliant!
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/6 "2007-12-06T18:31:08Z")
I can’t recall which thread specifically, but just yesterday some Doper linked to some page about how lipstick causes cancer. Just sayin’- the idiocy isn’t limited only to, well, the idiots.
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### Author:  [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/7 "2007-12-06T18:39:04Z")
Is there anything that doesn’t cause cancer? At least this is cancer with style. Now if you told me that granny panties cause cancer, I would say “Down with them!”
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### Author:  [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/8 "2007-12-06T18:39:04Z")
[QUOTE=Edward The Head]
I like this. Please don’t put lipstick on your lips, instead put the lead onto you hand. Brilliant!
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I thought about listing all the problems with the email, but then realized I can waste time in other, more interesting ways.
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### Author:  [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/9 "2007-12-06T18:40:26Z")
That’s why I never kiss em on the lips.
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### Author:  [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/10 "2007-12-06T18:52:05Z")
[QUOTE=nameless]
If Angelina Jolie is any indication, more women could use some unrestrained cell proliferation in their lips.
Just a little though.
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Angelina Jolie’s lips remind me of [Mr Limpet](http://animated-views.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/limpet03.jpg)
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/11 "2007-12-06T18:53:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo]
Is there anything that doesn’t cause cancer?
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I was reading a white paper the other day that linked saliva and stomach cancer.
It’s really nothing to worry about though, because it’s only a risk if it’s swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.
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### Author:  [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/12 "2007-12-06T18:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat]
Angelina Jolie’s lips remind me of [Mr Limpet](http://animated-views.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/limpet03.jpg)
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_Hot._
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### Author:  [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/13 "2007-12-06T20:05:30Z")
I don’t have a gold ring. Will I die?
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### Author:  [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/14 "2007-12-06T20:16:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zjestika]
I don’t have a gold ring. Will I die?
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You’re already dead. Inside.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/15 "2007-12-06T20:25:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo]
Now if you told me that granny panties cause cancer, I would say “Down with them!”
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I personally feel that _all_ panties should go in that direction.
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### Author:  [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/16 "2007-12-06T20:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo]
Is there anything that doesn’t cause cancer? At least this is cancer with style. Now if you told me that granny panties cause cancer, I would say “Down with them!”
[/QUOTE]
I say “Down with all panties, then off!”
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### Author:  [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/17 "2007-12-06T20:43:17Z")
I know lead can be hazardous and even fatal, but I can’t recall it being a carcinogen.
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/18 "2007-12-06T20:51:00Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
I know lead can be hazardous and even fatal, but I can’t recall it being a carcinogen.
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That’s just what the Chinese want you to think.
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### Author:  [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/19 "2007-12-06T21:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo]
Is there anything that doesn’t cause cancer? At least this is cancer with style. Now if you told me that granny panties cause cancer, I would say “Down with them!”
[/QUOTE]
Would you be surprised to learn that there have been instances where imported clothing has contained unacceptable levels of formaldehyde, an irritant and a carcinogen? The next time you buy ladies panties, you should wash them before wearing them.
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### Author:  [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-lipstick-lead-cancer-run-hide/429046/20 "2007-12-06T23:14:47Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly]
Would you be surprised to learn that there have been instances where imported clothing has contained unacceptable levels of formaldehyde, an irritant and a carcinogen? The next time you buy ladies panties, you should wash them before wearing them.
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You think you are being funny, but you don’t know the story of my Tarzan costume.
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