THE FOLLOWING CONTROVERSIAL INGREDIENTS MAY BE FOUND IN YOUR PERSONAL CARE, HYGIENE AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS!
I Encourage You to Check Out the Labels on Your Hair, Skin, Body, Dental and Personal Hygiene Products, beauty cosmetics and household cleaning products. Be Sure You Know about the CONTROVERSIAL, QUESTIONABLE AND HARMFUL INGREDIENTS in them.
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"Consumers receive little guidance from product manufacturers, whose advertising and labeling are too often misleading and not objective sources of information. Government also offer little guidance. Indeed, while many local, state, and federal government agencies are entrusted with protection of the public health, most have failed to assure consumers that they are being adequately protected, or that they are being provided with full, if any, label disclosure of Carcinogenic (cancer-causing), neurotoxic (causing damage to the nervous system), or teratogenic (birth defect-causing) chemicals in their household products."
The Safe Shoppers Bible goes on to suggest: "Read the labels on your Shampoo, Deodorant, Toothpaste, Moisturizer, Facial Cleanser, Shaving cream, Bubble-bath & other personal care products. You will most likely find some of the following controversial and questionable Ingredients in the products that you are now using!"
List of Known Carcinogens from the US. Government Offices
PROPYLENE GLYCOL (MSDS-material safety data sheets)
Called a humectant in cosmetics, it is really "industrial anti-freeze" and the major ingredient in brake and hydraulic fluid. Tests show it can be a strong skin irritant. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on Propylene Glycol warn to avoid skin contact as it is systemic and can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.
MINERAL OIL (PETROLATUM, PETROLEUM) (MSDS)
Report on Carcinogens from the US Government: Coal Tars and Mineral Oil
Comes from crude oil (petroleum) used in industry as metal cutting fluid. May suffocate the skin by forming an oil film. Healthy skin needs to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. This process should not be inhibited. Holding large amounts of moisture in the skin can "flood" the biology, and may result in immature, unhealthy, sensitive skin that dries out easily.
PETROLATUM, PETROLEUM, MINERAL OIL (MSDS)
Same properties as Mineral Oil. Industrially it is used as a grease component.
SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (SLS) and SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLES) (MSDS)
Potentially, SLS is perhaps the most harmful ingredient in personal-care products. SLS is used in testing-labs as the standard skin irritant to compare the healing properties of other ingredients. Industrial uses of SLS include: garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers and car wash soaps. Studies show its danger potential to be great, when used in personal-care products. Research has shown that SLS and SLES may cause potentially carcinogenic nitrates and dioxins to form in the bottles of shampoos and cleansers by reacting with commonly used ingredients found in many products. Large amounts of nitrates may enter the blood system from just one shampooing.
Sodium Fluoride (MSDS) - used as Rat poison, do you want it in your toothpaste?
Cocoamide DEA, TEA, MEA, (MSDS), diethanolamine, triethanolamine, sudsing agents, known carcinogens, seen on CBS News in 1998.
GLYCERIN (synthetic)(MSDS)
Draws moisture from inside the skin, and holds it on the surface for a better "feel". Dries skin from the inside out. Listed on MSDS as hazardous
Many of the hyped ingredients found in most cosmetic brands cannot penetrate the skin because of their high-molecular weight, so they are of little benefit. For example: procollagen, collagen, elastin, cross-linked elastin, and hyaluronic acids...
Other virtually useless ingredients are insoluble oil-based Vitamin A (Retinyl Palmitate), Placental Extracts, and Royal Bee Jelly.
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