There are dozens of responsible cosmetic manufacturers who are committed to producing safe cosmetics. They have signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics. These manufacturers deserve your support.
There are others who haven't signed up to make safe cosmetics. You should know who they are.
See http://www.cosmeticdatabase.com/special/whatnottobuy/
Here's some bad examples:
- Creams, nail polishes and other products that contain phthalates. These disrupt hormones and cause pregnant women to produce boys (who grow up to be men) whose genitals are slightly feminine, including small penises. So guys if you have a small penis, it might be because of your mother's lotions during pregnancy! Manufacturers don't have to list phthalates; sometimes the chemicals are simply listed as "fragrance."
- Hair straightening products for very curly hair that produce breasts on toddlers due to high hormone levels.
- Cake makeup that contains mercury, a highly toxic metal that produces birth defects and neurological damage and heart attacks.
- Hair coloring products that contain lead, another metal that causes neurological damage, mental retardation and insanity.
- Skin-lightening products that cause ochronosis, a disfiguring skin disease with blue and black lesions.
- Skin products and lipsticks that contain nanoparticles. These are something new. Scientists don't know what damage they're capable of and neither do the cosmetic companies.
- Skin creams and soaps with cancer-causing ingredients. A dioxane that the EPA classifies as a "probably human carcinogen" is in 22% of the cosmetics sold in the USA.
Take a deep breath,
Dr. Ron
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