Did you know that Ralph Nader has said that "Over the last 100 years, the rate of cancer in the U.S. has sky-rocketed from 1 out of 800 people diagnosed, to 1 out of 3 today." Do you have any idea why? Of cause there is no definitive answer however there is a reasonable chance that one of the causes may be dangerous ingredients in personal and beauty care products such as skin care and anti aging products and cosmetics and more.
There's no doubt that many of the ingredients found in so many personal products including skin care products that we use on our skin today are suspect or dangerous. This isn't confined to the skin care or personal products industries, it is true of so many of the products that we use today including many we eat.
Here's an example. One ingredient that you should avoid in anti aging and skin care products. Mineral oil.
Mineral oil is a petrochemical product which means that it comes from distilling crude oil. If you buy baby oil you're getting a bottle of mineral oil.
Mineral oil is found in a wide range of anti aging products and skin care products and it is added to those products as a moisturizer. The reality is that mineral oil has absolutely no moisturizing properties of it's own. Rather the intention is that mineral oil in anti aging products will cover the face with a thin film of oil on the skin that will help minimize moisture lost from the skin. And to some extent this is successful.
Have you ever heard of a Material Safety Data Sheet? A Material Safety Data Sheet is a document that lists essential information for anyone handling a chemical, including important safety information. Read a Material Safety Data Sheet on mineral oil and you'll see that it says that mineral oil is are "suspected carcinogens of the skin and scrotum, larynx, lung and alimentary tracts" and that mineral oils "may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation" and also that "pre-existing skin disorders may be aggravated by exposure".
So mineral oil cause cancer and skin conditions.
That's one of very many ingredients that you may find listed on the label of a bottle of skin care products or anti aging products that you may have on the shelves right now and may have even used this morning. How can it be that there are products available for everyone to buy that contain ingredients that are potentially dangerous?
The truth is that the FDA is not required to test products such as anti aging products for either their safety or for how well they work. Big business is not known for its ethics and concern for the customer, (just see the cigarette companies for an example). If they are allowed to use suspect ingredients in their products and it pays then to do so then they will.
Many of these dangerous ingredients are found in our personal products like our skin care products because they're cheap. The cheaper the ingredients the more profit that is made on the sale of the product. It's well known that there are excellent ingredients that work extremely well to promote skin health but most of these are not used because they are expensive.
Some excellent small niche skin care companies make outstanding skin care products that don't contain harmful ingredients and which work extremely well. Unfortunately they are unable to compete with the big players in the television advertising market and so chances are you'll never find out who they are.
Through my website I try and inform readers about the risks of so many ingredients in anti aging products and the point them towards these small niche companies.
Visit my website to find out more. - 30292
There's no doubt that many of the ingredients found in so many personal products including skin care products that we use on our skin today are suspect or dangerous. This isn't confined to the skin care or personal products industries, it is true of so many of the products that we use today including many we eat.
Here's an example. One ingredient that you should avoid in anti aging and skin care products. Mineral oil.
Mineral oil is a petrochemical product which means that it comes from distilling crude oil. If you buy baby oil you're getting a bottle of mineral oil.
Mineral oil is found in a wide range of anti aging products and skin care products and it is added to those products as a moisturizer. The reality is that mineral oil has absolutely no moisturizing properties of it's own. Rather the intention is that mineral oil in anti aging products will cover the face with a thin film of oil on the skin that will help minimize moisture lost from the skin. And to some extent this is successful.
Have you ever heard of a Material Safety Data Sheet? A Material Safety Data Sheet is a document that lists essential information for anyone handling a chemical, including important safety information. Read a Material Safety Data Sheet on mineral oil and you'll see that it says that mineral oil is are "suspected carcinogens of the skin and scrotum, larynx, lung and alimentary tracts" and that mineral oils "may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation" and also that "pre-existing skin disorders may be aggravated by exposure".
So mineral oil cause cancer and skin conditions.
That's one of very many ingredients that you may find listed on the label of a bottle of skin care products or anti aging products that you may have on the shelves right now and may have even used this morning. How can it be that there are products available for everyone to buy that contain ingredients that are potentially dangerous?
The truth is that the FDA is not required to test products such as anti aging products for either their safety or for how well they work. Big business is not known for its ethics and concern for the customer, (just see the cigarette companies for an example). If they are allowed to use suspect ingredients in their products and it pays then to do so then they will.
Many of these dangerous ingredients are found in our personal products like our skin care products because they're cheap. The cheaper the ingredients the more profit that is made on the sale of the product. It's well known that there are excellent ingredients that work extremely well to promote skin health but most of these are not used because they are expensive.
Some excellent small niche skin care companies make outstanding skin care products that don't contain harmful ingredients and which work extremely well. Unfortunately they are unable to compete with the big players in the television advertising market and so chances are you'll never find out who they are.
Through my website I try and inform readers about the risks of so many ingredients in anti aging products and the point them towards these small niche companies.
Visit my website to find out more. - 30292
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