Skin care company targets expectant mothers
Consult your physician on any skin care line
A range of skin care products designed specifically for pregnant women illustrates the increasing specialisation within the personal care market.
Although the growth of the organic and natural trend has seen a number of 'chemical free' ranges targeted towards this consumer group, products designed specifically to treat skin problems related to pregnancy are relatively rare.
Specific skin care problems of pregnant women
The US based company, offers a range of products that are 'designed to treat the problems related to the physiological and hormonal changes experienced by women during pregnancy'.
The range has been developed by an American obstetrician and includes a face and body cream and a facial scrub designed for the oily and blemished skin often experienced during early pregnancy, as well as a stretch mark cream and nipple gel.
The face and body cream contains tea tree oil for its antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory activity, whilst the facial scrub is designed for use on oily and blemished skin promising to leave skin feeling clean, soft and refreshed.
Furthermore, the stretch mark cream is scent free in order to be more tolerable to pregnant women, who often have a more sensitive sense of smell.
In addition to designing the products for the specific skin requirements of pregnant women, the company also claim to have extensively researched the ingredients in order to make sure they pose no health risk. 'All the ingredients have been carefully chosen to ensure the safety of the developing fetus,' according to the company.
Products free from toxic chemicals for expectant mothers
Products claiming to be free of toxic chemicals are gaining ground within the industry as a whole and a number of natural product marketing campaigns have targeted expectant mothers by highlighting the damage such products may do to the unborn fetus.
In addition, a recent high profile study linked the use of baby care products to the presence of 'gender bending' chemicals phthalates, although the industry body the Personal Care Products Council refuted the validity of the study.Despite much of the industry claiming this is pure scaremongering and maintaining there is no link between chemicals used in cosmetic products and health problems, it cannot be denied that an increasing number of concerned consumers are looking to natural and organic cosmetics to provide a 'safe alternative'.
In addition to designing the products for the specific skin requirements of pregnant women, the company also claim to have extensively researched the ingredients in order to make sure they pose no health risk. 'All the ingredients have been carefully chosen to ensure the safety of the developing fetus,' according to the company.
Products free from toxic chemicals for expectant mothersProducts claiming to be free of toxic chemicals are gaining ground within the industry as a whole and a number of natural product marketing campaigns have targeted expectant mothers by highlighting the damage such products may do to the unborn fetus.
In addition, a recent high profile study linked the use of baby care products to the presence of 'gender bending' chemicals phthalates, although the industry body the Personal Care Products Council refuted the validity of the study.
Despite much of the industry claiming this is pure scaremongering and maintaining there is no link between chemicals used in cosmetic products and health problems, it cannot be denied that an increasing number of concerned consumers are looking to natural and organic cosmetics to provide a 'safe alternative'.
Man Arrested 53 Times for Groping Women on New York Subway
NEW YORK — About two weeks after he was released from prison, Freddie Johnson boarded a crowded subway train during morning rush hour in Manhattan, squeezed in behind a woman and ground his pelvis into her backside, authorities said.
It is a fairly common crime on subways in New York. But this was no common criminal.
Johnson has been arrested a staggering 53 times — the majority for groping women on the subway, police and prosecutors said.
In the latest incident, Johnson was being followed by plainclothes officers who recognized him from police photos, authorities said. He was charged with persistent sexual abuse, and if convicted this time, he could be sent away for life. The district attorney's office branded him a "recidivist transit grinder" at a court hearing earlier this week.
But the fact that Johnson was roaming the subways in the first place has raised questions about how the state deals with the problem of repeat sex offenders. His case even drew the scorn of a newspaper editorial this week that labeled Johnson the "Subway Rat."
His attorney, Afsi Khot, had no comment on the case, as is practice with Legal Aid attorneys.
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Johnson, a registered sex offender, has been convicted at least twice of persistent sexual abuse within the last decade, prosecutors said. And he has a lengthy rap sheet, with 30 arrests for sex abuse, 13 for jostling and two for grand larceny, police said.
He was released from prison on March 25 after serving four years for persistent sexual abuse, according to correctional records. The state attorney general's office had argued that the 49-year-old should be confined under the state's civil commitment law for sex offenders, which went into effect last year, because he was at risk for repeat offenses.
But a Manhattan Supreme Court Judge disagreed and instead placed Johnson on strict court-ordered supervision and electronic monitoring.
Whether he should have been confined speaks to a larger issue about what authorities should do with criminals who are habitual offenders, but aren't violent.
Around half of all so-called exhibitionists like Johnson are repeat offenders, experts say. Exhibitionists have the highest rate of re-offense of all sex crimes, but there isn't much crossover into more egregious acts like rape or assault, said Elizabeth Jeglic, a professor of treatment and rehabilitation of offenders at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
"Exhibitionism is disturbing, but in the larger scheme you want to commit the people who are grabbing kids off the street, or the rapist in Central Park," Jeglic said.
The goal of the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act that went into effect last April is to protect society by keeping the most dangerous sex offenders off the streets and provide long-term treatment to ensure they don't repeat their crimes. To qualify, a criminal must have a "mental abnormality," and be "predisposed" to repeat the offense, prosecutors said.
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