Show Jl Hair ir Removers Immune From f Federal Control Know Know Your Drugs SerIes No 6 5 The press recently announced that t a R concern which manufactured ed M a I well known depilatory haIr remo er hid h filed a n plea of bink bink The rue contained an n extremely injurious chemIcal thallium te acet which is a viru- viru viru lert poison literature con cont contains t thins ms many references to ses c of being poisoned by thIs drug drug- The preparation to be rub rub- rubbed rubbed rub rubbed bed upon parts of the body had severe cerere c cre illness in i number f f cices ces Following the announcement of the company's compary's future f the Food and Drug Administration re- re receIved received re received letters asking why wiry tins din n rous article had not been removed removed removed ed from the market as being In violation of ot the food and drugs act The anneser nn v er to these queries is 19 simple says Dr F J Cullen chief of of the administration's tion's dru drug control unit This dep dep- depIlatory depilatory dep- dep was v Yo as neither a drug nor a food ard therefore was isas not sub sub- subJect subject sub subject to control under the pure food and drug law That law specifically defines foods and drugs and this depIlatory was vas one of oC a n large class of cosmetics on the American mar market ket today which come within neith neith- neither neither er definition No uNo mattre how dangerous dang an Article such as this hair hur remover is 15 the hands are tIed so far as taking action is concerned unless the thc lab cling bears therapeutic recommendations recommendations Cosmetics ate aie subject to the law Jaw only if they are arc labeled for forthe forthe forthe the cure mitigation or prevention f f disease |