"Safe Beauty" with Dr Mojgan Moddaresi

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"Safe Beauty" with Dr Mojgan Moddaresi

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59 minutes

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Feb 20, 2022

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From the perspective of a cosmetics safety assessor. What "clean" beauty gets wrong about product safety. This was an information-packed episode - hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Feb 20, 2022

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In this show, Jen Novakovich, Canadian cosmetic chemist from The Eco Well, interviews international cosmetic scientists and industry leaders to bring you a fresh new conversation a week about all things beauty!

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"Safe Beauty" with Dr Mojgan Moddaresi

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