FDA Finds Lead in 400 Types of Lipstick, Lip Balm

When applying lipstick—or puckering up to made-up lips—you might have more to worry about than stained teeth.

Four hundred of the most popular lipsticks on the market contain traces of lead according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis.

The FDA's response? We know.

"Reports about lead in lipstick are not new," the FDA said on its website, referencing lab tests from the 1990s, as well as a 2007 report from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. The campaign at the time tested 33 red lipsticks at the time and found that 60 percent of them contained lead.