Did you know that our body absorbs the chemicals found on our toiletries?
Wonder why despite of all the things that we use to clean ourself we still get a lot of sickness?
Wonder why there are lots of cancer patients now a day?
It's all because of these chemicals found on our toiletries and cosmetics that we use each day.
Dangerous Ingredients You Need to Watch For
Whether you choose to try Surgeon's Skin Secret or any other truly all-natural moisturizer, it is advisable to make sure they contain few and ideally none of these ingredients:
PETROLAUM (mineral oil jelly): A petroleum derivative that clogs skin from taking in oxygen and releasing toxins.
METHYL PROPYL BUYTL and ETHYL PARABEN: Contains highly toxic carcinogenic formaldehyde-releasing ingredients
SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCES: -can contain hundreds of chemicals. usually only identify chemicals as "fragrance". Synthetic fragrances cause headaches, dizziness, rashes, coughing, vomiting, skin irritations, etc.
PROPYLENE GLYCOL: The National Toxicology Program classifies Propylene Glycol as a skin and eye irritant, possible carcinogen and known to cause liver and kidney damage.
SODUIM LAURYL SULFATE (SLS): Holds oil and water together and acts as a detergent causing your products to foam. One of SLS's original uses was as an industrial garage floor cleaner. Now used in personal-care products added to everything from shampoos, toothpastes, bubble baths and lotions. SLS absorbs easily and causes skin irritations, itchiness, cracking, dandruff and infections.
PEG (Polyethylene Glycol): PEG's are used to dissolve oil and grease, and to thicken products. They are used in many personal care products as well as in oven cleaner. They are also potentially cancer causing and strip the skin of its natural moisture factor.
TALC (Magnesium Silicate): a natural mineral found and lung irritant, and is widely used in makeup and body powders. Talc has been linked to ovarian and lung cancer. It is NOT biodegradable.
DEA (Diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine), TEA (Triethanolamine): three are hormone-disrupting chemicals and form cancer-causing agents. They are easily absorbed by the skin, and research indicates a strong link to liver and kidney cancer.
FORMALDEHYDE : Widely used in cosmetics as a germicide, preservative and fungicide. It's suspected as a powerful carcinogenic and mutagenic, damaging and inhibiting the repair of DNA.
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL: petroleum derived, and is used in antifreeze and shellac. It penetrates the skin easily and is thought to destroy intestinal flora, leaving your body's major organs open to parasites, and thus to cancers.
ARTIFICIAL COLORS: Generally referred to on labels as "FD and C" Many are suspected of causing cancer.
TRICLOSAN: This is the active ingredient in many antibacterial soaps. This chemical belongs to the chlorophenol class of chemicals, which are suspected of causing cancer in humans. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, triclosan is a pesticide and was given high scores both as a human health risk and an environmental risk.
PARABENS AND PHENOLS: Used in body wash and many other personal care products, according to the National Institutes of Health phenol is toxic and people who are hypersensitive to it could experience death or serious side effects at very low exposures. Parabens have also been linked to cancer and reproductive toxicity.
PHTHALATES: These industrial compounds are widely used in hairsprays, perfumes and cosmetics. Animal studies on certain phthalates have shown the chemicals may cause a variety of problems, including reproductive and developmental harm, organ damage, immune suppression, endocrine disruption and cancers
