The saying "Beauty is only skin deep" is of coarse not true, however we are learning now that the items we are absorbing into our skin are going much deeper than we knew.
"The Green Guide" produced by National Geographic, warns about 12 ingreadients to avoid in personal care products: Antibacterials, coal tar colors: FD&C Blue, Green 3, Diethanolamine (DEA), 1,4-Dioxane, Formaldehyde (diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, and quaternium compounds), Fragrance (containing phthalates), Lead and mercury, Nanoparticles, Parabens (methyl-, propyl-, butyl-, ethyl-, isobutyl-), Petroleum distillates, p-Phenylenediamine (PPD), and Hydroquinone. http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/122/dirtydozen
Here is another example of the seriousness we are looking at in our toxic enviornment.
This article is listed on the EWG: (Environmental working Group) web site.
Adolescent exposures to cosmetic chemicals of concern
By Rebecca Sutton, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, September 2008
The 20 teens we tested had an average of 13 hormone-altering cosmetics chemicals in their bodies.
Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products. Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected 16 chemicals from 4 chemical families - phthalates, triclosan, parabens, and musks - in blood and urine samples from 20 teen girls aged 14-19. Studies link these chemicals to potential health effects including cancer and hormone disruption. These tests feature first-ever exposure data for parabens in teens, and indicate that young women are widely exposed to this common class of cosmetic preservatives, with 2 parabens, methylparaben and propylparaben, detected in every single girl tested.
In Alex (Washington DC): 12 hormone-altering cosmetics chemicals. "It's frightening to learn about the many different kinds of toxic chemicals that can be found in my body. At the same time I would much rather be knowledgeable about my body's chemical makeup than uninformed; in this case, ignorance is NOT bliss."
This work represents the first focused look at teen exposures to chemicals of concern in cosmetics, exposures that occur during a period of accelerated development. Adolescence encompasses maturation of the reproductive, immune, blood, and adrenal hormone systems, rapid bone growth associated with the adolescent "growth spurt," shifts in metabolism, and key changes to brain structure and function. Alterations in an array of sex hormones, present in the body at levels as low as one part per billion (ppb), or even one part per trillion (ppt), guide this transformation to adulthood. Emerging research suggests that teens may be particularly sensitive to exposures to trace levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals like the ones targeted in this study, given the cascade of closely interrelated hormonal signals orchestrating the transformation from childhood to adulthood.http://www.ewg.org/reports/teens
By Rebecca Sutton, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, September 2008
The 20 teens we tested had an average of 13 hormone-altering cosmetics chemicals in their bodies.
Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products. Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected 16 chemicals from 4 chemical families - phthalates, triclosan, parabens, and musks - in blood and urine samples from 20 teen girls aged 14-19. Studies link these chemicals to potential health effects including cancer and hormone disruption. These tests feature first-ever exposure data for parabens in teens, and indicate that young women are widely exposed to this common class of cosmetic preservatives, with 2 parabens, methylparaben and propylparaben, detected in every single girl tested.
In Alex (Washington DC): 12 hormone-altering cosmetics chemicals. "It's frightening to learn about the many different kinds of toxic chemicals that can be found in my body. At the same time I would much rather be knowledgeable about my body's chemical makeup than uninformed; in this case, ignorance is NOT bliss."
This work represents the first focused look at teen exposures to chemicals of concern in cosmetics, exposures that occur during a period of accelerated development. Adolescence encompasses maturation of the reproductive, immune, blood, and adrenal hormone systems, rapid bone growth associated with the adolescent "growth spurt," shifts in metabolism, and key changes to brain structure and function. Alterations in an array of sex hormones, present in the body at levels as low as one part per billion (ppb), or even one part per trillion (ppt), guide this transformation to adulthood. Emerging research suggests that teens may be particularly sensitive to exposures to trace levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals like the ones targeted in this study, given the cascade of closely interrelated hormonal signals orchestrating the transformation from childhood to adulthood.http://www.ewg.org/reports/teens
We are all looking for "GREEN" solutions to bring into our lives, so where can we start?
We can start with the largest organ in our body, Our Skin!
Our skin is designed to absorb everything and anything so lets be selective on what it absorbs.
If there was a choice for a "Green" skin care system, that also gave you the benefit of the most powerful anti-inflamitory (in a natural form) discovered on earth, would that be a good start?
You have to be the judge of that. http://www.mymangosteen.com/jdram
Start making good choices for you and your loved ones today.
Skin Deep
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