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4 sourced facts about the beauty and cosmetics industry, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.

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Back in 2007, the worldwide cosmetics and perfume industry generated an estimated annual turnover of about how much?

Answerabout $170 billion

Even before the industry's more recent growth, cosmetics and perfume already added up to a massive global business.

Source: Eurostaf, via Wikipedia: Cosmetics (2007) en.wikipedia.org

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In 2008, Germany's cosmetics industry generated about how much in retail sales, making it the world's third-largest market?

Answerabout €12.6 billion

Germany trailed only Japan and the United States in the size of its cosmetics market at the time.

Source: Wikipedia: Cosmetics (2008) en.wikipedia.org

That 2009 FDA study found lipstick lead levels ranging up to about what amount?

Answer3.06 parts per million (ppm)

The FDA considers these trace lead levels in lipstick to be too low to pose a meaningful health risk from typical use.

Source: FDA study, via Wikipedia: Lipstick (2009) en.wikipedia.org

In a larger 2011 FDA survey of 400 lipsticks, the average lead level was about 1.11 ppm, but the single highest reading was about how much?

Answer7.19 ppm

That highest reading, found in a Maybelline shade, was more than twice the highest amount found in the smaller 2009 study.

Source: FDA study, via Wikipedia: Lipstick (2011) en.wikipedia.org

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