";s:4:"text";s:882:" From mercury in skin creams to lead in lipsticks, heavy metals, bacteria, and other dangerous ingredients are turning up in some of the most popular beauty products. The former used "magic crystals" — a.k.a. At worst, recalled products are linked to injuries, illnesses and even deaths. Tires – Firestone (2000) Firestone recalled 6.5 million defective tires in 2000 in one of the most dangerous instances of product failure.
Two of the most famous retro examples include the Austin Magic Pistol and Mattel's Belt Buckle Derringer, both from the '50s. In the least of cases, faulty products or contaminated foods are an inconvenience for the unlucky buyers. Here, the top 5 beauty dangers.