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Originally posted by vegno
Guess who just threw out a bunch of "exfolianting soaps" and a bottle of head & shoulders. Good riddance, carcinogenic garbage!
Originally posted by marg6043
While that is true and prove how come is not complains about our GMO food and the obscene tampering of food in our nations supplies by Monsanto.
I guess while Europe is profiting from killing those addicted to vanity, our own food producers have not problem killing us with their modify and tampered food because after all they are here in the US.
Hypocrisy.
[edit on 19-11-2009 by marg6043]
Why isn't anyone else asking this simple question "what is the dose?"
C = Carcinogen W Industry Safety Warnings
A = Allergen I Irritant
T = Developmental/ Reproductive Toxicity
O = Other Dangers Notes: Triclosan scores a '10' Some ingredients not listed on labels may be hidden as "fragrances" SOURCE - Environmental
Propylene Glycol (PG) and Butylene Glycol: Found in antifreeze. Acts as a "surfactant" (wetting agent and solvent). Penetrates skin and weakens protein and cellular structure. Strong enough to remove barnacles from boats. The EPA considers PG so toxic that workers are required to wear protective clothing and to dispose of PG by burying it in the ground. PG penetrates the skin so quickly, the EPA warns against contact to prevent brain, liver, and kidney abnormalities. But there isn't even a warning label on products such as stick deodorants, where the concentration is greater than in most industrial applications.
2. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) & Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES): Detergents that pose serious health threats. Used in garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers - and in 90% of personal care products that foam. Animals exposed to SLS experience eye damage, depression, labored breathing, diarrhea, severe skin irritation, and even death. Young eyes may not develop properly if exposed to SLS. May damage the skin's immune system. Can be transformed into nitrosamines, a potent class of carcinogens. Your body may retain the SLS for up to five days and maintain residual levels in the heart, liver, lungs, and brain.
3. DEA (diethanolamine), MEA (monoethanolaniine) & TEA (triethanolamine): Hormone disrupting chemicals that can form cancer-causing nitrates. Restricted in Europe due to carcinogenic effects, yet they are still used in the USA. Americans may be exposed 10-20 times per day with shampoos, shaving creams and bubble baths. Dr. Samuel Epstein, Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Illinois, says that repeated applications of DEA-based detergents result in a major increase in liver and kidney cancer. The PDA's John Baily says: "The risk is significantly increased for children."
4. Sodium Hydroxide: The most recent addition to our personal care products. Found in crystal drain cleaners. Drano is 100% sodium hydroxide. This is a poison (caustic lye), yet a primary ingredient in adult and children's toothpaste and cleansers. Especially extra-whitening toothpastes.
5. Triclosan: Synthetic "anti-bacterial" with a chemical structure similar to Agent Orange. The EPA registers it as a pesticide, giving it highest scores as a risk to human health and the environment. It may produce dioxin, a hormone disrupting chemical with toxic effects measured in the parts per trillion; that is only one drop in 300 Olympic-size swimming pools! Hormone disruptors pose enormous long term chronic health risks. It can change genetic material, decrease fertility and sexual function, and foster birth defects. Stored in body fat, it can accumulate to toxic levels, damaging the liver, kidneys, and lungs. It can also cause paralysis, brain hemorrhages and heart problems. Tufts University School of Medicine says triclosan can force the emergence of "super bugs" that we cannot kill. Its widespread use in antibacterial cleansers, toothpastes and household products may have nightmarish implications on future generations.
6. DMDM & Urea (Imidazolidinyl): Two of many preservatives that often release formaldehyde which cause joint pain, skin reactions, allergies, depression, headaches, chest pains, ear infections, chronic fatigue, dizziness, and loss of sleep. Exposure also irritates the respiratory system; triggers heart palpitations or asthma, and aggravates coughs and colds. Other side effects include weakening the immune system and cancer.
7. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG): Carcinogenic petroleum ingredient that reduces the skin's natural moisture. Increases the appearance of aging and leaves you vulnerable to bacteria. Used in spray-on oven cleaners and cleansers to dissolve oil and grease.
8. Parabens any parabens: Look for anything with the word paraben in it. Used primarily as a preservative. It's a strong hormone disrupting chemical. Has direct links to breast cancer and heart problems.
9. Alcohol, Isopropyl (SD-40): Drying, irritating solvent that strips skin's moisture and immune barrier, making you vulnerable to bacteria and viruses. Made from a petroleum derivative found in shellac and antifreeze as well as personal care products. Promotes brown spots and premature aging. A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients says it may cause headaches, flushing, dizziness, mental depression, nausea, vomiting, and coma. Fatal ingested dose is one ounce or less.
10. Mineral Oil: Petroleum by-product that coats the skin like plastic wrap, clogging the pores. Interferes with skin's ability to eliminate toxins, promoting acne and other disorders. Slows down skin function and cell development, resulting in premature aging. Baby oil is 100% mineral oil!
11. FD&C Color Pigments: Synthetic colors from coal tar that deposits toxins onto the skin, causing skin irritation. Absorption of certain colors can cause depletion of oxygen in the body and death. Animal studies have shown almost all of them to be carcinogenic.
12. Fragrances: Too bad so many feel a need to leave a lingering odor behind. Fragrances may contain up to 4000 ingredients (including different animal urines for strength), many of them toxic or carcinogenic. Fragrances cause headaches, dizziness, allergic rashes, skin discoloration, violent coughing, vomiting and skin irritations. Fragrances affect the nervous system, cause depression, hyper activity, irritability, inability to cope and other behavioral changes. No breakdown of ingredient listing is required other than the word 'fragrance'.
Nanotechnology is the engineering of materials at the atomic level. "Nanomaterials could well be the 21st century's asbestos. The Iemma government is failing to keep up with this fast-moving technology", said Ms Rhiannon.
"Nanomaterials are already in products on NSW shelves and NICNAS report revealed that over ten thousand tonnes of nanomaterials are used in commercial production in Australia each year.
"Despite widespread commercial use, NSW has no nano-specific safety assessment process to protect workers and the environment from unsafe exposure and no labelling requirement for nanomaterials in products.
"Yet the public is none the wiser to the risks of slapping suncream or shampoos containing nanoparticles on our families and sending people off to work in factories that handle this potentially toxic technology. "release of consumer products containing manufactured nanoparticles and to establish a NSW regulatory body to assess the health and environmental risks of nanoparticles.
"a foolhardy and dangerous approach to allow nanomaterials into commercial industries in NSW with no regulatory oversight. "Because of their very small size and higher chemical reactivity, nanomaterials can be more toxic than the same materials in bulk form. They are more readily inhaled than larger particles, can be ingested, and may even be absorbed through the skin.
"Test tube studies have shown that nanomaterials can be toxic to human tissues and cells, resulting in DNA mutation and even cell death". "In 2004, the United Kingdom's Royal Society recommended that given their toxicity risks, nanomaterials should be subject to rigorous safety assessments prior to their commercial release, and factories and laboratories should treat nanomaterials as if they were hazardous.
"years later, we can buy products containing nanomaterials and there is still no regulatory oversight of nanoparticles", said Ms Rhiannon
Originally posted by zazzafrazz
It doesn't list dosage, because they dont have to...get it ?
Originally posted by Goathief
Originally posted by vegno
Guess who just threw out a bunch of "exfolianting soaps" and a bottle of head & shoulders. Good riddance, carcinogenic garbage!
So what are you going to use, arsenic and cyanide instead?
So many of you should really read the whole thread as the ignorance is astounding.
[edit on 21-11-2009 by Goathief]
Originally posted by zazzafrazz
"years later, we can buy products containing nanomaterials and there is still no regulatory oversight of nanoparticles", said Ms Rhiannon
74.125.155.132...:nano.foe.org.au...
Originally posted by PilgriMage
If you have a good source for safe products or information, please do share it - don't just pop up to tell us we're ignorant and leave.
Don't you think it's GOOD that people are thinking and trying to find out BETTER alternatives here for their daily cosmetics?
They aren't thinking for themselves on the most part, just lapping up the propaganda from the alternative camp, which by the way also sells many the same products which the OP listed as harmful (for some reason, this is now OK). It's not just me who's pointed out this hypocrisy, double standards and flawed logic - it's amazing that so many can ignore or rationalise anything contradictory that is staring them in the face.
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
Without knowing how much chemical - it is absolutely impossible to determine if a thing is hazardous or not.
THE POISON IS IN THE DOSE.
If the people who posted the original information did the tests to find out WHAT was in the product, they likely also did tests to determine HOW MUCH but didn't release the information but you can't scare someone who has all the facts, now can you????
I understand the concept of slow toxicity but when the concentration of the substance in question is so low that it would take 35,000 years of exposure to build up enough of the substance to equal a toxic dose and humans only live to be about 100 years of so - then where is the hazard? Why is government regulation necessary?
This is the chemical composition of a typical thanksgiving dinner
www.heartland.org...
TIRED OF CONTROL FREAKS
I repeat - if the writer of the original information took the time to analyse the product - why did he not take the time to determine the concentration. Why go through all the bother of identifying all the dangerous constituents and provide information about the hazards but not the dose.