Common Sense Suggestions on "Personal Hygiene" Products
This short article points out common sense suggestions on "Personal Hygiene" products.
1.
All products including "natural", "organic", "herbal", "synthetic" or "man made" products contain chemicals.
2.
If you are exposed to more chemicals, whether "organic" or not, there is a greater risk of the chemicals interacting to produce unwanted side effects including potential health problems.
3.
Use products with the fewest ingredients and use them only as needed.
Limit your exposure to chemicals.
4.
Never trust the "claims" on a product.
Read the ingredients list and make informed decisions what you put on your skin as this will often be absorbed into your body.
5.
Buy fragrance free products as fragrances often add many chemicals which are often a high risk for allergies and other health problems.
6.
Ingredients that I would avoid in products in alphabetical order: (especially for babies, small children and nursing mothers): BENZYL ALCOHOL and ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL - Skin irritation and neurotoxicity concerns BHA - Causes skin depigmentation BORIC ACID and SODIUM BORATE - Unsafe for infants according to industry experts 2-BROMO-2-NITROPROPANE-1,3-DIOL (or Bronopol) - Allergen that can form cancer-causing chemicals CETEARETH and PEG compounds - Can contain cancer-causing impurities DIBUTYL PHTHALATE, TOLUENE - Hormone disruption, cancer concerns DMDM HYDANTOIN - Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals DYES - Some cause cancer and many are banned outside the U.
S.
FRAGRANCE - Allergen; neurotoxic, hormone disruption concerns METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE and METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE - Allergens with neurotoxicity concerns OXYBENZONE - Allergen; damages cells and DNA with free radicals PARABENS - Hormone disruption, cancer concerns TRICLOSAN - May disrupt growth hormones from the thyroid TRIETHANOLAMINE - Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals
1.
All products including "natural", "organic", "herbal", "synthetic" or "man made" products contain chemicals.
2.
If you are exposed to more chemicals, whether "organic" or not, there is a greater risk of the chemicals interacting to produce unwanted side effects including potential health problems.
3.
Use products with the fewest ingredients and use them only as needed.
Limit your exposure to chemicals.
4.
Never trust the "claims" on a product.
Read the ingredients list and make informed decisions what you put on your skin as this will often be absorbed into your body.
5.
Buy fragrance free products as fragrances often add many chemicals which are often a high risk for allergies and other health problems.
6.
Ingredients that I would avoid in products in alphabetical order: (especially for babies, small children and nursing mothers): BENZYL ALCOHOL and ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL - Skin irritation and neurotoxicity concerns BHA - Causes skin depigmentation BORIC ACID and SODIUM BORATE - Unsafe for infants according to industry experts 2-BROMO-2-NITROPROPANE-1,3-DIOL (or Bronopol) - Allergen that can form cancer-causing chemicals CETEARETH and PEG compounds - Can contain cancer-causing impurities DIBUTYL PHTHALATE, TOLUENE - Hormone disruption, cancer concerns DMDM HYDANTOIN - Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals DYES - Some cause cancer and many are banned outside the U.
S.
FRAGRANCE - Allergen; neurotoxic, hormone disruption concerns METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE and METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE - Allergens with neurotoxicity concerns OXYBENZONE - Allergen; damages cells and DNA with free radicals PARABENS - Hormone disruption, cancer concerns TRICLOSAN - May disrupt growth hormones from the thyroid TRIETHANOLAMINE - Allergen that forms cancer-causing chemicals
