Ingredients to AVOID in personal care products…………
What you put on your skin can affect your health! Your skin is your body’s biggest organ. Products with harmful ingredients can make you sick! If you cannot eat the product you should not be putting it on your skin! Think about it! Every day we use products that we think are safe: but the truth is that products are not always safe. Even when a product says all natural you still have to be careful.. Products are marketed without government approval of ingredients. Ever since 1983 when the PDA granted self-regulation to the cosmetics industry! Most of the 25,000 chemicals used have not been tested for long-term effects.. This is something that everyone needs to be thinking about. How many personal care products do you use in a day? I bet more then you think…shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, foundation, lipstick, eye shadow, mascara? Shaving cream, after shave, lotions, baby oil, chap stick, toothpaste?? Have you ever read the warning on toothpaste ?? These little amounts add up to larger amounts of poisons we are putting into our body on a daily basis!
Start Checking labels: Avoid harmful, hazardous ingredients!
Propylene Glycol(PG) and Butylene Glycol: Found in anti-freeze. Acts as a surfactant… The EPA warns against contact to prevent brain, liver and kidney abnormalities...but there is not even a warning label on products which contain it. Such as stick deodorants, where concentration is greater than in most industrial applications.
Sodium Lauryl sulfate(SLS) & Sodium Laureth Sulfate(SLES): These pose serious health threats. Used in garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers-and in 90% of personal products that foam.
DEA(diethanolamine). MEA (Monoethanolaniine) TEA (triethanolamine): Hormone-disrupting chemicals that can form cancer-causing nitrates..Restricted in Europe due to carcinogenic effects, yet still used in the US . Used in shampoos, shaving creams & bubble baths..
Sodium Hydroxide: this is a poison (caustic lye) found in drain cleaners, now is found in our toothpaste!
Trclosan: A chemical structure similar to Agent Orange.. The EPA registers it as a pesticide. It is in a class of suspected of causing cancer in humans. It is in our cleansers, toothpastes and household products…Stored in body fat, it can accumulate into toxic levels, damaging the liver, kidneys, lungs, cause paralysis, brain hemorrhages & heart problems.
DMDM & Urea (Imidazolidinyl) Preservatives that often release formaldehyde which cause joint pain, skin reactions, allergies, depression, headaches, chest pains, ear enfections, chronic fatigue, dizziness, loss of sleep, triggers heart palpitations, asthma..weakening the immune system and cancer.
Polyethylene Glycol(PEG) Used in spray oven cleaners and cleansers to dissolve oil & grease. Increases the appearance of aging, leaves you vulnerable to bacteria.
Liutane or Propane: found on aerosol products. May be narcotic and cause asphyxiation.
Alcohol, Isoprpyl (SD-40)Made fom a petroleum derivative found in antifreeze..Strips skins moisture & immune barrier, making you vulnerable to bacteria & viruses. Headaches, flushing, dizziness, depression, nausea, vomiting, and coma. One ounce or less ingested is a fatal dose.
Mineral Oil: Coats the skin like a plastic wrap, clogging the pores. Interferes with skins ability to eliminate toxin, promoting acne & other disorders. Slows down skin function and cell development. Baby oil is 100% mineral oil!!
FC&C Color Pigments: Synthetic colors from coal tar. Deposit toxins onto the skin. Absorption of certain colors can cause depletion of oxygen in the body. Fragrances: Can contain up to 4000 ingredients (including animal urine) many toxic or carcinogenic. Fragrances affect the nervous system, depression, hyper activity, irritability, inability to cope, and other behavioral changes.
Why would we want to put any of these ingredients on our body?? Wonder why everyone has so many health issues? I just don’t understand why companies are even allowed to use these ingredients. So, as I see it we are slowly making ourselves and our children sick. Please take this seriously. I have just in the last year been made aware of this information. Actually I never really thought about it. I just assumed that products would be safe! That they were regulated in some way. Well news flash!! We are in trouble and so are our future generations.
Please check your ingredients!!! And let people know what you have now learned! Contact me if you would like more information…on a product that is actually good for your body!
