An alarming article recently came out based on the premise that our cosmetic and toiletry products, like shampoos, soaps, conditioners, toothpastes and cosmetics, can have significant amounts of pollutants and cancer causing agents that are more readily absorbed by our kids than they are by us, and can conceivably cause damage ranging from various cancers, to allergies and other autoimmune diseases possibly. Or at least probably.
The article focused on the hormones children are exposed to, the type that are synthetic or generate synthetic hormone production in their little bodies, as well as other chemicals which are absorbed into the blood stream and can cause various side effects, many of them not proven, but definitely needing more research to find out whether they are truly safe for children’s use.
Adults also need to be careful and may want to focus on buying more natural and herbal based cosmetics, but children are particularly at risk because they have a much faster metabolism and absorb things at a much faster rate, making chemicals and hormones that much more harmful when absorbed by the skin or even ingested orally.
Para-Dioxane was of particular concern, as it is estimated to be contained in as many as 25% of all cosmetic and toiletry products manufactured here in the United States, and is a known human carcinogen. These types of ingredients are only supposed to be sold in light concentrations in commercially available beauty products and shampoos and other toiletries, but many times when tested products show a higher than recommended concentration of this element.
