Reuters has reported that Lipsticks tested by a consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L’Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said Thursday that tests on 33 brand-name red lipsticks by the Bodycote Testing Group in Santa Fe Spring, Calif., found that 61 per cent had lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm).

Lipstick, like candy, is ingested. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of public health, environmental and women’s groups, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not set a limit for lead in lipstick.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said Thursday that tests on 33 brand-name red lipsticks found that 61 per cent had lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said Thursday that tests on 33 brand-name red lipsticks found that 61 per cent had lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million