Gordon's Gray Hair Restorer, and Ruppert's Face Bleach. As part of the same effort, we published a blacklist of more than 100 dangerous drugs and cosmetics, including Anacin, Ex-Lax, Mary T. (Read our recent report, " Shining a Light on 'Natural' Sunscreen")Īugust 1936: Toxins for sale. The best-selling book "100,000,000 Guinea Pigs" (Grosset & Dunlap, 1933), by Frederick Schlink, founder of Consumers' Research (forerunner of Consumer Reports), and its director, Arthur Kallet, exposed dangers in everyday products. Most failed miserably on that count, and we didn't even dignify with testing outlandish claims such as those from Mor-Tan, which purported to prevent windburn, freckles, and poison ivy. July 1936: Feel the burn. Though the medical community had yet to definitively link sun exposure and cancer, we tested "sunburn preventives" to see which protected skin. Promoted as a cure-all for everything from colds and headache to fatigue and alcohol excess, we debunked the notion that the effervescent tablet is "some new and startling remedy." In reality, the active ingredient is ordinary aspirin, and the ballyhooed bubbling comes from a combination of citric acid and baking soda. May 1936: Blowing bubbles. Overpromises were a huge part of many products' sales pitches.
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