Question

Experts say that what customers buy in the name of herbal cosmetics is often
the same synthetic cosmetic with a herb or two added, which works to lure
customers. A product that says it is 100% natural may be misleading in the
sense that it’s difficult to stabilize a fully natural base and is always quite
expensive, requiring advanced technology. The desired shelf life of a product
is expected to be at least two years, but that of a purely herbal product would
be restricted to about six months. Also, the product won’t be aesthetically
appealing as a synthetic product. Hence manufacturers of herbal products
have to include synthetic base ingredients to balance the formula.
Herbal ingredients might also cause allergies as they may contain a large
number of constituents which may be allergic to that user. Thus the concept
of using ‘total extracts’ may be harmful, because there are several other
ingredients going into the product. Also, things like pH need to be considered
before using it.
According to the law experts, customers suing someone is considered extreme.
Given the legal system in India and the long-drawn litigation process,
consumers tend to pursue legal action against manufacturers/distributors in
the event of any problem. However, with the dawn of consumer forums and
more effective laws protecting the interests of the consumers, the trend is
slowly moving towards this direction.
At times it is not just manipulative manufacturers and passive consumers but
sometimes weak and absent rules regarding the process of manufacturing
can also get fake production licences. Also one cannot make a generalisation
that synthetics are safe while naturals are harmful. I would say that the
difference is that if one is a known devil (synthetics) the other is unknown.
Unlike the case of synthetic cosmetic, herbal cosmetics are still in a nascent
stage. You don’t have well-defined standards for the use of raw materials in
the production of herbal cosmetics.
Finally, customers can also check out their cosmetics by using the ‘Cosmetics
ingredient dictionary, a database of 19,000 ingredients. It claims to help users
check out what chemical compounds they use daily. This App lets you feed
the names of the ingredients written on the container into the app and then
get the reading about it.

a) Why is it misleading when a product is labelled as 100% natural?
b) Mention two drawbacks of natural products.
c) Why is taking recourse to legal action gaining momentum?
d) What is the cosmetics ingredient dictionary?

Im giving you 15 points plz answer

Answer 1

Answer:

1. a product that says 100℅natural may be misleading because that it's difficult to stabilize a fully natural base and is quite expensive, requiring advanced technology.
2. the two drawbacks of natural products are:- • herbal ingredients may also cause allergies that contain constitutes. •thus using 'total extracts' may be harmful, because there are several ingredients going into the product.
3. consumers tend to pursue legal action against manufacturers / distributors in the event of any problem. however with the dawn of consumers forums and more effective laws protecting the interest of the consumers , the trend is slowly moving towards this direction.
4. cosmetics ingredients dictionary is a database containing 19,000 ingredients.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sorry But I really Don't Know️