Your Toxic Beauty Regime

YCTEEN

YCTeen is a magazine published both in print and online by Youth Communication, a non-profit corporation that helps marginalized youth reach their full potential through reading and writing. It features true stories by teens and for teens. In this slideshow, several teens in the program are warning others about the dangerous chemicals in commonly used health and beauty products.

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Figure false: From YCTeen, Copyright 2011 by Youth Communication/New York Center, Inc. (www.youthcomm.org)

Reading and Discussion Questions

After examining the photo essay, consider the questions below. Then enter your responses in the spaces provided and click the SUBMIT button.

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1. What claim are the students in the slideshow supporting?

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2. What do they use as support?

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3. What evidence is there that the manufacturers of some of the products are trying to divert customers’ attention away from the chemicals in their products?

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4. How does the slideshow format affect the presentation of information?