A Chemical in Skin Care Products I would Avoid Dimethicone–

Dimethicone pollutes our bodies and environments and accumulates in our organs. It’s not a known carcinogen or anything like that, but why add to the toxic load of environmental toxins that we add to our bodies on a daily basis? In addiction, poisonous hydrochloric gas is emitted during the chemical production of this ingredient.

How To Choose Safe Personal Care Products.

How to find the safest body care products for your kids! Extra caution is in order for kids because they receive greater exposures by weight than adults to contaminants in air, water, food, and everyday products.

Skin Care Products Recalled!

FDA is warning consumers to not use any Clarcon products and should throw these products away in household refuse.

Toxic Chemicals In Baby Wipes?

–DMDM Hydantoin–   

 EWG Risk Score: 7-9  (10 is the highest toxic rating)
(What’s EWG?) www.cosmeticdatabase.com (learn more about the ratings)

What is it:
DMDM Hydantoin is a urea-based preservative that releases formaldehyde as its means of preventing microbial growth. 

Why it’s a risk:
The biggest concern that DMDM Hydantoin carries is that is can release or be contaminated with the carcinogen formaldehyde.  It is also a strong skin, eye, and lung irritant.  It has also been known to trigger an immune response that can include burning, itching, blistering, or scaling of skin.

Types of products that use this ingredient:
Shampoo, bodywash, sunscreen, hand lotion, facial moisturizers, baby wipes

Brands that use this ingredient:
Note:  These are the brands we are currently aware of as of the date of this post.  If you see a correction is needed or if you have other companies you would like to mention using this ingredient please post it in the “comments” at the bottom of this Chemical of the Day.

Curel
DDF Organic
Huggies
Bumble & Bumble (Not Bubble & Bee!)
Olay
Desert Essence
Eucerin
Irish Spring
Ivory
Dove

Sources:
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/browse.php?containing=702196&&showmore=products&start=80

What Toxic Ingredients Are In Your Personal Care Products?

Anther Toxic Ingredient to avoid in your personal care products.
Phenoxyethanol is an aromatic ether alcohol.

Selenium banned in Japan & Europe

Selenium Sulfide banned in Japan and Europe, Selenium Sulfide is deemed a possible carcinogen by the EPA and the state of California. Along with its possible cancer risks, it’s toxic to the body’s respiratory, nervous and reproductive systems. Also listed as selenium disulfide, it’s a wildlife pollutant and is widely used as an oral and topical drug to treat fungal infections.

Your health, avoid Sodium Laureth Sulfate.

Sodium laureth sulfate skin irritant that can lead to and aggrivate skin conditions like eczema and an eye irritant that has been shown to cause cataracts in adults and inhibit the proper formation of eyes in small children. Sodium laureth sulfate is commonly used in laboratory testing.

What Chemicals are in your personal care products?

Made out of carcinogenic, toxic compounds, phenoxyethanol is an ingredient that I would suggest avoiding. Learn what products have this in it at my blog.

You Are What You Absorb

Each day, the average woman uses 12 personal care products containing 168 chemical ingredients; the average man uses six products containing 85 chemicals*. We are learning more everyday about the harmful effects of the toxins found in most of these products. And yet, the self-regulating personal care industry is slow to act.

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