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5 INGREDIENTS TO AVOID:
You don't need
a chemistry degree to discover if your favorite makeup contains
these hazardous ingredients. Read the labels and pass over products
that contain one or more of these toxins.
- Synthetic
colors - LIsted on cosmetic labels as FD&C or D&C,
these colors are found in most conventional color cosmetics. All
are potential carcinogens.
- Talc
- Loose powders, blushes, and eye shadows can contain up to 50
percent talc, a mineral that has been linked to respiratory damage.
- Dibutyl
phthalate
- Found in nail polish and moisturizers, this hormone-disrupting
chemical accumulates in the body's fatty tissue and can cause
reproductive damage.
- Formaldehyde-releasing
preservatives - Because formaldehyde is a suspected carcinogen
that can also cause irritation and allergic reactions, avoid preservatives
such as DMDM hydantoin quaternium-15, and diazonlidnyl urea, which
release formaldehyde as they degrade.
- Parabens
- Butyl-, ethyl-, methyl-, and propyl-parabens mimic estrogen
and may result in reproductive damage, according to recent studies.
Sources: Mutation
Research 2002, vol 514, no 1-2; American Journal of Epidemiology,
2000, vol 152, no 4; Reproductive Toxicology, 2000, vol
14, no 1; Risk Analysis, 2000, vol. 20, no. 1; Food and Chemical
Toxicology, 2001, vol 30, no 12; A Consumer's Dictionary
of Cosmetic Ingredients by Ruth Winter (Three Rivers Press,
1999).
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