10 Beauty Product Ingredients to Avoid

Jan.17, 2008 in Ecotoxins
by Lance

A bloggerfriend of mine, FeButterfly @ Living In A Toxic World, recently posted a nice top 10 hit list for harmful chemicals and I just love exposing products that contain hidden trapped treasure. These chemicals can found in common hygiene products, among thousands of other things we use daily that should be avoided, if not protested.

From: 10 Beauty Product Ingredients to Avoid
10 Beauty Product Ingredients to Avoid
Here is a list of 10 beauty product ingredients to avoid. These are routinely found in many hygiene and beauty products.

1. Diethanolamine (DEA)- this suspected carcinogen is found in shampoo, body wash and makeup.

2. Formaldehyde - This known carcinogen is in imidazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin and quaternium-15.

3. Parabens - These nasty buggers get into your bloodstream and are known to mimic female hormones. You will see them under the names: methly, ethyl, etc. A suspected contributor (though not yet linked) to breast tumors, Parabens have been found in samples of tissue taken from breast tumors.

4. Petrolatum - Comes from non-renewable crude oil and is not breathable.

5. Phenylenediamine (PPD) - In all permanent dyes and is linked to increases in bladder cancer.

6. Phthalates - Usually hidden as the ingredient “Fragrance” and is part of a family of hormone disrupters.

7. Sodium Lauryl Sulphate - Skin irritant that was once linked to cancer.

8. Talc - Found in everything from eye shadow, blush, baby powder and deodorant. Some talc is contaminated with asbestos. The NIH wanted all talc categorized as a carcinogen.

9. Toluene - Solvent commonly found in nail polish that can affect the nervous system, liver and kidneys.

10. Triclosan - Antibacterial agent used in everything. It has been found in our water supply and is a contributing factor to medicine resistant bacteria.