Know
Your Cosmetics Ingredients: Top Five Ingredients to Avoid
From Planet Green
Mercury, Lead, Placenta and Fragrance are ingredients
we need to avoid in personal care products. In fact, nearly
90 percent of the 10,500 personal-care-product ingredients
known to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have
not been evaluated for safety!
Contaminants
in Bath Products
From The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Product tests released by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
in March 2009 found two known carcinogens, 1,4-dioxane
and formaldehyde, in dozens of bath products for babies.
This is a must article for review.
Fragrance
From The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Synthetic fragrance is chocked full of phthalates which
may pose a health risk. Phthalates have been found to
disrupt the endocrine system. Several phthalate compounds
have caused reduced sperm counts, testicular atrophy
and structural abnormalities in the reproductive systems
of male test animals, and some studies also link phthalates
to liver cancer, according to the U.S. Center for Disease
Control’s 2005 National Report on Human Exposure to
Environmental Chemicals.
FDA
Regulations
From the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
The agency charged with oversight of cosmetics, the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has no authority
to require pre-market safety assessment as it does with
drugs, so cosmetics are among the least-regulated products
on the market.
What
Is the Compact for Safe Cosmetics?
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics created the Compact
for Safe Cosmetics to improve the safety of cosmetics
and personal care products and to provide better information
about product ingredients so consumers can make informed
decisions about the products they buy.
Beyond
Parabens: 7 Common Cosmetics Ingredients You Need to
Avoid
From Treehugger.com
This excellent article exposes risks that are faced
everyday in the use of personal care products. Educate
yourself and know what to avoid. Many companies have
eliminated parabens but do you know what other hidden
dangers may be lurking in everyday personal care products?
5 Ugly Truths You May Not Know About the Beauty Industry
From Treehugger.com
Especially interesting in this article is the practice
of “Pinkwashing”. Companies that donate to breast-cancer
research still use carcinogens in their products. Also
read about how many personal care products contain toxic
chemicals not listed on labels.
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