> the average US woman will consume (eat) 4lbs of lipstick in her lifetime
That is an astonishing amount of lipstick. Do you have a citation for this number?
That is an astonishing amount of lipstick. Do you have a citation for this number?
This article talks about how it's not 7lbs, it's only 3.7 pounds of exposure (risk of ingestion and absorption) based on estimates and shows their math.
I'm guilty of forwarding a tenuous idea by repeating the 4 pound statement and not explaining the assumptions, but hell, even if it's 1 pound it's still a hell of a lot more than I ever assumed, though keep in mind it's over a lifetime (seven-eight decades).
Point was simply that exposure == some fractional consumption. Smoking a cigar certainly is not healthier for your lungs than abstinence even if you don't deliberately inhale.
Some women don't wear lipstick at all, so by the mean value theorem the average must be less than that number.
Hell, even if we get a 1% conversion rate, we'll be rich!