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Most Body Care Products NOT Tested For Safety - Are Yours Safe?

The majority of shampoos and other body care
products do not have their ingredients testedThe family of preservatives known as
for safety before being used. According toparabens, which includes methyl-, ethyl-,
the FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors, 1995,propyl-, and butylparaben, has recently been
the "FDA cannot require companies to doidentified as xenoestrogens which mimic the
safety testing of their cosmetic productssex hormone estrogen. They are widely used
before marketing." It is unlikely thatin shampoos and cosmetics for adults as well
individual applications of one product areas children, even in many so-called "natural"
causing immediate harm, however, most of usproducts. However, Dr. S. Oishi of the
use many products per day, such as shampoo,Department of Toxicology, Tokyo metropolitan
conditioner, make-up, skin care like facialResearch laboratory of Public Health, Japan,
cleanser, moisturizers, etc., and all thesereported that the daily sperm production in
exposures  may  add  up.lab tests of animals was significantly lower
in those receiving a dose of parabens that is
Did you know that pharmaceutical companies"similar to the lower level of acceptable
have investigated putting drugs into shampoosdaily intake for parabens in the European
because the scalp is so thin that it readilyCommunity  and  in  Japan."
absorbs substances that are put on it? Many
other personal care products are put on ourDiethanolamine (DEA) is often used as a
skin and stay there and are absorbed all dayfoaming agent and emulsifier in shampoos.
long. Do you ever wonder about their safety?However, a federal National Toxicology
Program completed a study in 1998 that found
According to the Environmental Working Group,an association between cancer in lab animals
in the United States, the FDA has banned orand the topical application of DEA and other
restricted nine (9) ingredients out of 1,175DEA-related ingredients. DEA can also lead
that are used in personal care products. Theto the formation of nitrosamines, which are
European Union, in contrast, has banned 450known carcinogens. In response, many
ingredients  for  use  in  cosmetics. Hmm!manufacturers switched to cocamide MEA.
However, the FDA says that cocomide MEA is
Some further food for thought: Cancer ratesone "of the most commonly used ingredients
are now approaching 1 in 2 American men and 1that may contain DEA." Other ingredients
in 3 American women. This is up from 1 in 4that include other types of MEA or TEA may
Americans in the 1950s despite hugealso  contain  DEA.
expenditures on the "War on Cancer." Dr.
Samuel Epstein from the University ofPolyethylene glycol (PEG), including PEG-6,
Illinois says that cancer rates have gone upPEG-150 and other similar ingredients can be
about 60% from 1950 to 1998. A lot of usfound in shampoos, lotions and other personal
think that these rising cancer rates are atcare products. However, a report in the
least in part due to our increasing exposureInternational Journal of Toxicology routinely
to carcinogenic chemicals, often in smallfound many impurities in PEG, including
amounts that accumulate in our bodies overethylene oxide and 1,4-Dioxane. Ethylene
time. These come from our food, our air andoxide increases the risk of uterine, breast
water, household furnishings and buildingand other cancers. 1,4-Dioxane is a
materials, cleaning products and personalsuspected human carcinogen. Testing
care  products.commissioned by the Doctors' Prescription for
Health Living showed that around 50 percent
Commonly Used Chemicals in Personal Careof personal care products with PEG contain
Products  That  May  Be  Toxic:significant amounts of 1.4-dioxane. PEG is
also found in some "natural" body care
Artificial fragrances are derived in largeproducts.
part from petrochemicals, not flower essences
or other herbal products as many imagine.High  Quality  Natural  Body  Care  Products
These petrochemicals release volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) that often cause headaches,If you are serious about reducing the amount
skin irritation, nausea and allergies. Someof chemicals you are exposed to on a day to
are carcinogenic, contain or releaseday basis, you need to search out truly
formaldehyde or are toxic to the nervousnatural body care products that are free of
system. Many artificial fragrances containthe above mentioned chemicals, as well as
phthalates, which are linked to birth defectsother toxins and carcinogens. A good place
in the male reproductive system. Phthalatesto start is to go to a health food store
were found in a 2002 study by a coalition ofeither online or a physical store, and make
environmental and public health organizationssure and read all the ingredients on the
in deodorants, fragrances, body lotions, hairlabels. Many products that call themselves
gels, mousses and sprays. Artificial"natural" contain questionable ingredients
fragrances in general are found in manythat you will be absorbing on a daily basis.
cosmetic  and  personal  care  products.



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