Many people are not aware that many big name brands of cosmetics contain ingredients that are extremely suspect. Now a new study has warned about dangerous cosmetics and the effects that these products can have on teenage girls.
Our big brand cosmetics can be loaded with ingredients that aren't safe and we ought not put on our skin. A recent study, for example, showed there was lead in over 50% of lipsticks tested.
Surely there can't be lead in our lipsticks? Isn't lead really dangerous? Yes it is, but sadly the FDA doesn't require cosmetics companies to show that their products are safe to use. It's the same with anti aging and skin care products.
And when we use these products the ingredients soak in don't they? And so they go straight into our bloodstream. When you put on that blush or rouge some of it goes into our blood.
And it goes in because our skin is porous and what goes on mostly goes in and ends up in our bodes. That's fine it the ingredients are harmless but lead? That's not harmless.
And there's a new study now which suggests that there are good reason why our teenage girls should be using safe cosmetics rather than the big brand dangerous cosmetics that so many use now. Here's a quote from the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics.
"Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products."
Now isn't that scary? And it's worse than you'd imagine, and if you're a parent of teenage girls who use cosmetics, (and which girls don't) it's really scary.
A study by the Environmental Working Group has found chemicals from 4 different families of chemicals (phthalates, parabens, triclosan and musks) in the urine of young girls (between-- and 20) who were tested in the study.
And there were some of these chemicals found in every single girl tested.
Adolescence, of course, is a time when the maturing female body is growing fast and dealing with hormonal changes, and girls of this age do not want to be loading their bodies with potentially toxic chemicals.
These chemicals are considered to be capable of altering hormones, and so I wonder how many teenage girls using cosmetics and skin care products and possibly acne products know that they are taking a risk with their hormones at this time.
No one really knows, we're entering an unknown area and the implications for the future health and in particular hormonal and reproductive health is completely unknown.
There seem to be risks to our girls but no one really knows the possible consequences.
That may worry you, but there is a safe alternative. There are excellent companies making safe cosmetics that are very effective, and safe and effective skin care products as well, neither of which contain any dangerous chemicals.
But these aren't the big brand name companies, they're small niche companies that can't possibly compete with the big brands on marketing, and don't try, so you never see them advertising on TV. And you won't find any of their products on the shelf of your local store.
But you need to search to find them, if you do there are excellent companies making safe cosmetics and very effective natural skin care products.
So you might decide it's not worth taking risks with the health of your daughters, (or yours). Use safe cosmetics and natural skin care products that work extremely well and have no dangerous ingredients in them. - 30292
Our big brand cosmetics can be loaded with ingredients that aren't safe and we ought not put on our skin. A recent study, for example, showed there was lead in over 50% of lipsticks tested.
Surely there can't be lead in our lipsticks? Isn't lead really dangerous? Yes it is, but sadly the FDA doesn't require cosmetics companies to show that their products are safe to use. It's the same with anti aging and skin care products.
And when we use these products the ingredients soak in don't they? And so they go straight into our bloodstream. When you put on that blush or rouge some of it goes into our blood.
And it goes in because our skin is porous and what goes on mostly goes in and ends up in our bodes. That's fine it the ingredients are harmless but lead? That's not harmless.
And there's a new study now which suggests that there are good reason why our teenage girls should be using safe cosmetics rather than the big brand dangerous cosmetics that so many use now. Here's a quote from the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics.
"Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products."
Now isn't that scary? And it's worse than you'd imagine, and if you're a parent of teenage girls who use cosmetics, (and which girls don't) it's really scary.
A study by the Environmental Working Group has found chemicals from 4 different families of chemicals (phthalates, parabens, triclosan and musks) in the urine of young girls (between-- and 20) who were tested in the study.
And there were some of these chemicals found in every single girl tested.
Adolescence, of course, is a time when the maturing female body is growing fast and dealing with hormonal changes, and girls of this age do not want to be loading their bodies with potentially toxic chemicals.
These chemicals are considered to be capable of altering hormones, and so I wonder how many teenage girls using cosmetics and skin care products and possibly acne products know that they are taking a risk with their hormones at this time.
No one really knows, we're entering an unknown area and the implications for the future health and in particular hormonal and reproductive health is completely unknown.
There seem to be risks to our girls but no one really knows the possible consequences.
That may worry you, but there is a safe alternative. There are excellent companies making safe cosmetics that are very effective, and safe and effective skin care products as well, neither of which contain any dangerous chemicals.
But these aren't the big brand name companies, they're small niche companies that can't possibly compete with the big brands on marketing, and don't try, so you never see them advertising on TV. And you won't find any of their products on the shelf of your local store.
But you need to search to find them, if you do there are excellent companies making safe cosmetics and very effective natural skin care products.
So you might decide it's not worth taking risks with the health of your daughters, (or yours). Use safe cosmetics and natural skin care products that work extremely well and have no dangerous ingredients in them. - 30292
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