The beauty industry is sitting not-too-pretty after a wave of toxic scandals: lead-containing lipstick, 1,4 dioxane in kids' bubble bath, phthalates in baby shampoo, to name just a few. Several states are now pushing for greater control over the virtually unregulated $50-billion industry. Two bills just...

Baby powders, lotions and shampoos -- pure as the driven snow right? Not so much. A new study published this week in Pediatrics Journal surmises that toxic chemicals linked to infertility are getting into babies' bodies from their routine use of personal care products.

The chemicals in question are...