Do Your Skin Care Products Contain These Chemicals?
Why don't you run and get a bottle of any of the skin moisturizers that you are currently using. You might find that your personal care products contain one or probably more of many possibly dangerous ingredients.
Here are a few of the most common suspicious ingredients:
* Mineral Oil, Paraffin, and Petroleum ~ Petroleum products will coat the skin like plastic, clogging pores and creating a build-up of toxins, which in turn accumulate and can lead to dermatologic issues. Slows cellular development, which can cause you to show eaarlier signs of aging. Suspected cause of cancer. Disruptive of hormonal activity. By the way, when there's and oil spill in the ocean, don't they rush to clean it up - fast? Why put that stuff on your skin?
* Parabens ~ Widely used as preservatives in the cosmetic industry (including moisturizers). An estimated 13,200 cosmetic and skin care products contain parabens. Studies implicate their connection with cancer. They have horome-disrupting qualities-micking estrogen, and interfere with the body's endocrine system.
* Phenol Carbolic Acid ~ Found in many lotions and skin creams. Can cause circulatory collapse, parlysis, convulsions, coma and even death from respiratory failure.
* Propylene Glycol ~ Used as a moisturizer in cosmetics and as a carrier in fragrancce oils. Shown to cause dermatitis, kidney or liver abnormalities, and may inhibit skin cell growth or cause skin irritation.
* Acrylamide ~ Found in many hand and face creams. Linked to mammary tumors in lab research.
* Sodium Laurel or Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), also known as Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) ~ Found in car washes, engine degreasers, garage floor cleaners... and in over 90% of personal care products! SLS breaks down the skin's moisture barrier, easily penetrates the skin, and allows other chemicals to easily penetrate. Combined with other chemicals, SLS becomes a "nitrosamine", a potent class of carcinogen. It can also cause hair loss. SLES is sometimes disguised with the labeling "comes from coconut" or "coconut derived".
* Toluene-Poison! Danger! Harmful or fatal if swallowed! Harmful if inhaled or absorbed through the skin ~ Made from petroleum or coal tar, and found in most synthetic fragrances. Chronic exposure linked to anemia, lowered blood cell count, liver or kidney damage, and my affect a developing fetus. Butylated hydroxytolune (BHT) contains toluene. Other names may include benzoic and benzyl.
* Dioxane ~ Found in compounds known as PEG, Polysorbates, Laureth, ethoxylayted alcohols. Common in a wide range of personal care products. The compounds are usually contaminated with high concentrations of highly volatile 1,4-dioxane, easily absorbed through the skin. Dioxane's carcinogenicity was first reported in 1965 and later confirmed in studies including one from the National Cancer Institute in 1978. Nasal passages and liver are the most vulnerable. Dioxane is easily revoved during the manufacturing prodcess by "vacuum stripping". WARNING: It is a synthetic derivative of coconut. Watch for hidden language on labels, such as "comes from coconut".
So, do you want to put these chemicals on your skin? Hopefully not... You'd be better served by swithching to skin care products made of plant names you recognize, can pronounce, and could actually eat (if you had to).
