(table salt--used as a thickening agent in shampoos)
- causes drying, itching and some hair loss
- may cause eye irritation
- May be listed as "from seaweed"
- detergent derived from coconut oil (can be called "natural" or even "organic")
Found in toothpaste, shampoo, dish soap, liquid hand soap, bubble bath, some nutritional supplements, etc.
Journal of American College of Toxicology (Volume 2, No. 7, 1983):
- may form Nitrosamines when interacts with nitrogen bearing ingredients;
- builds up in the heart, liver, lungs and brain from skin contact; may cause damage to these organs
- corrodes hair follicles and impairs ability to grow hair, may cause hair to fall out
- denatures protein--impairs proper structural formation of young eyes;
- can damage immune system
Dr. Epstein:
- may contain 1,4-dioxane (potential carcinogen)
- contains endocrine disruptors
- contains estrogen mimics
Dr. Epstein
- ether mixtures are hidden carcinogens (nitrosamines)
- may form 1,4 dioxanes (children's products have higher levels of ethylene oxide
- to decrease irritancy). 1,4 dioxane is an extremely harmful compound--potential carcinogen, estrogen mimic and endocrine disruptor)
- may cause hair loss when applied to scalp
- SLES may be removed from the cosmetics through vacuum stripping during processing; but you cannot determine which products may be contaminated without testing, and so it's best to avoid all ethoxylated compounds unless company can guarantee vacuum stripping.
Some people say: C.I.R (Cosmetic Ingredient Review Board) says it's safe based on available data
BUT: There is now new data to show that it is not safe; many of these ingredients have never been tested (they were grandfathered in); others have been minimally tested as much as 50 years ago.
BUT: There is now new data to show that it is not safe; many of these ingredients have never been tested (they were grandfathered in); others have been minimally tested as much as 50 years ago.
Found in baby powders, feminine powders, lubricant on condoms
Found in blush
Found in blush
- carcinogen when inhaled (Phillip Day) Nutrition Health Review (Summer 1995, #73, p8(1)
- use on condoms may result in fallopian tube fibrosis (leads to infertility)
- 1930's linked to post-operative granulomatous peritonitis and fibrous adhesions
American Journal of Epidemiology:
- 60% increase risk of ovarian cancer when used in genital areas
- 90% increase risk of ovarian cancer when used in feminine deodorant sprays
Liquid formulations containing talc are relatively safe.
Found in nail polish
- endocrine disruptor, potential carcinogen
- may cause birth defects
- irritates respiratory tract
- may cause liver damage
There have been reports of acute health effects such as skin irritation resulting from triclosan exposure. But the more worrisome health effects of triclosan are more subtle. Researchers have raised concerns about triclosan and its link to dioxins, which are highly carcinogenic chemicals that can cause severe health problems such as:
· * weakening of the immune system,
· * decreased fertility,
· * altered sex hormones - hormone disrupter
· * birth defects, and
· * cancer.
Triclosan can be found in more than 140 types of personal care and home products
EWG identified triclosan-containing products from 3 government databases, Skin Deep cosmetics database, and 61 industry documents
Where can you find triclosan in your home?
Triclosan can be found almost everywhere. What's shown is based on EWG's review of 65 industry documents and government databases on approved uses for this persistent, ubiquitous pesticide.
September 6, 1997 article in The Boston Globe cited Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s statement that the General Account Office has identified more than 125 cosmetic ingredients suspected of causing cancer—along with others that may cause birth defects.
Unique Cancer Risk from Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
Dr Samuel Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, states that mainstream industry cosmetics and personal care products (CPCPs) are the single most important, yet generally unrecognized, class of avoidable carcinogenic exposures for the overwhelming majority of citizens in major industrial nations. The reason for these unique risks reflects a complex of individual and interactive factors such as:
Interaction between different ingredients: even though a specific ingredient might not be in itself a “frank” carcinogen it might be a “hidden” carcinogen that may, under certain conditions, have carcinogenic properties when it combines with other ingredients in a product.
Prolonged duration of exposure: the concern is that daily exposure, over a lifetime, of toxic ingredients, many of which are left on skin, has a cumulative negative effect.
High permeability of skin: the skin is highly permeable to carcinogenic and other toxic ingredients, especially following prolonged exposure.
Effect of wetting agents on skin permeability: the permeability of skin to carcinogens, besides other toxic ingredients, is further increased by the presence of wetting agents or surfactants, probably the most common class of ingredients in the majority of CPCPs.
Bypassing detoxifying enzyme: carcinogens in CPCPs pose greater cancer risks than food contaminated with carcinogenic pesticides and other industrial carcinogens as they are not detoxified by the liver but reach the general blood circulation without this protective detoxification.
Tip: When choosing cosmetics, read the ingredients, do your homework and go as simple and healthy/nontoxic as possible. You really don’t need all that extra junk to be beautiful.
Note: Avoid overuse of Antibacterial: very common in hand soaps and deodorants, antibacterial wipes to wipe it out. Overusing antibacterial may reduce their effectiveness against disease causing germs like E.coli and salmonella in the future, bacteria grow resistant. This overuse is also the cause of triclosan contamination in our environment. Soap and water, baking soap, nontoxic liquid soap with pure essential oil with antibacterial properties
Check the labels of your current products for the following potentially harmful ingredients. Note the warnings and cautionary statements printed on many of these products.
Nontoxic Lifestyle and other committed organic companies provides you an alternative, from bath soap to body Detox, (Toothpaste, mouthwash, shampoo, conditioner, replenishing hair butters, bath & Body gel, shaving soap and body butter etc).
Note... We have chosen to describe a few of the worst offenders of the thousands of toxic chemicals and potentially harmful ingredients used in personal and skin care products. Many of these chemicals have more than one effect; some are suspected carcinogens, as well as being toxins, contaminates, skin irritants, hormone disruptors, poisons, etc.
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· Plant-Derived Ingredients
· No Animal By Products
· No Alcohol
· No Artificial dyes
· No Synthetic Fragrances
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· No Foam Boosters
· No Thickeners
· Not Animal tested.
· No petroleum products.
·Nocheap filler ingredients.
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