Showing posts with label cosmetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cosmetics. Show all posts
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Movie time - Chemerical
Yesterday the Take-Action-film Chemerical was shown at the Waterloo Public Library. Not quite sure what chemerical stands for I went and watched it. It featured the Goode family that threw out all their conventional cleaning products and later on body care prducts to get rid of the toxic stuff (ingredients like phthalates, parabens, sulfates) and replace it with cheap, natural, toxic-free ingredients such as baking soda, vinegar, olive oil, castile soap etc. It was an experiment and they were sceptical and they learned to love it and they won't go back to the highly commercialised toxic crap. Way to go!
Chemerical in that movie is a fictitious company that promotes healthier cleaning products and behaviours. There is for example OTW for bad smells, gases, you know. Open The Window! The other one is Elbow Grease. Instead of using harsh chemicals that you only need to wipe off, you should use more gently substances and scrub, scrub, scrub. Saves you the trip to the gym too which in return saves you money. Just saying.
It was interesting to see how much trouble the family of 5 had to convert. We already have no more toxic cleaning products in our household, ever since the baby came. It's baking soda, vinegar and water for us. We use Eco-balls for laundry and dishwashing detergent from the organic/ healthy living store. I never took it as far as mixing my own laundry detergent etc. although there is obviously nothing wrong with it and it is a lot cheaper than anything you buy in the store. Store-bought solutions, especially from the organic store, tend to be quite expensive too. Sometimes it's only the first impression though. Our dishwashing detergent has gone a long way, I need very little. The same with the (liquid) castile soap I use for washing my hands. A single drop will do the trick. Made me realise how most dispensers of conventional soap/ detergents are designed to spill out large amounts so you use the bottle up quickly and run back to store for more. It's so wasteful!
Replacing cleaning products is one thing, body care products are another story. Especially the teenagers in the household had their problems with that but they eventually agreed to the edible body care products that they could create themselves. Yes, they are often edible, not necessarily tasty but swallowing them won't harm you. Haven't you heard that you should not put anything on your body that can't be eaten? Our skin is an enourmous organ that is capable of absorbing lots of good and bad substances with all its consequences. It's better to be careful! Anyhow, our bathroom is not entirely toxic-free but it's improving. I mix my own hair conditioner from water and apple cider vinegar. I also started to rub olive oil into my hair, cover it in plastic for 20-30 min and then wash as usual. This gets rid of the frizz in my hair, my hair feels better although I'm still getting used to the new look. My hair is darker, looks wet but is not, it's curlier too. My husband already loves it. I'm about to finish my liquid body wash and it will be soap bars from the organic store from then on. Our chapsticks are from a local lady who started her own cosmetic line with natural ingredients in her kitchen and sells them at local markets. My deodorant is a crystal rock.
I have had trouble with store-bought shampoo so far and toothpaste. Using a paste of baking soda was terrible, tasted disgusting, left my hair too soapy. Unfortunately I hate researching recipes for do-it-yourself because there is too many options and I was not going to turn my kitchen into a lab and mix away for a day. Going to the movie helped me out here. The organiser brought recipes and ingredients and we got to mix some toothpaste and shampoo to take home. Yeah! I love the toothpaste. Taste good, cleans well. I think the shampoo is good too but after I washed my hair this morning I went outside for a bike ride followed by a three-hour-hike with a hat on so my hair did not get a chance to look good. The recipes are fairly simple, the ingredients aren't hard to come by (if you have a good store nearby and I'm talking about the supermarket) and it's much better than baking soda alone. Watching the movie I once more was not unhappy for not using make-up although I have been recently considering to start using a little of it. Without the knowledge on how to apply it I am not going to buy anything though and if I ever get so far I better buy the "yummy" options.
Back to the movie. There were a couple of things that bothered me. The Goodes live in a 2.5 million-people city which remaind unnamed. The city has 6 locations where residents can drop off hazardous items and materials such as batteries, paints, cleaning substances and body care products. Only 3% of the population there make use of these centres. They interviewed someone who runs such as centre and he said he resells some of the stuff and his wife is happy to get her cleaning supplies for cheap. Obviously he does not care about exposing himself and the environment to toxic chemicals that often have been known to cause cancers and other deadly diseases for many decades. The family mother was put off by his attitude, who could blame her. In a different location an "explosion-proof" room was shown were the handed-in materials are kept. It was not said what happens with them once the room is full. Also, afte the cleaners and cosmetics are emptied into barrels you are left with the plastic bottle. These bottles are contaminated too and therefore do not go into recycling but instead into the garbage and then into the landfill. Hang on here! Many households use these cleaners etc. and then put the bottles into their recycling. A lot of effort has been made to teach people to do that and what for? I can't imagine somebody picks the bottles out to add them to the landfill, so they probably get recycled with the toxins attached to them? Or what kind of aggressive cleaning process is applied to clean the bottles and transfer the toxins to somewhere (where?) else?
So the Goodes (and they are just an example) felt guilty to pour half a bottle of cleaner down the drain since it's bad for the environment and will end up in the lake/ river. But almost nobody worries about using smaller amounts of the substance for cleaning and then pouring it down the drain. It still ends up in the lake, it simply needs longer to get there but it will accumulate. As it was said in the film too, any chemical substance ever produced does not just disappear. Reminded me of the story with the leaded gasoline. We stopped using leaded gasoline but the lead that was once pumped into our air through many exhaust pipes did not just go away. It's still around us. Cough!
The film shortly reported on Chemical Valley (photos) which turns out to be around Canada's most polluted city Sarnia, ON and on Love Canal, NY. Both locations are extremely contaminated with toxic waste "thanks" to the chemical industry and yes, people who lived there did get cancers etc. and kids died from playing outside. Now tell me, we ought to be grateful for the contributions that the chemical industry makes to the economy because the state of the economy is all that matters in our modern world?!?!?!?! Be smart, stop using conventional cleaners and body care products and let those stupid companies go bankrupt. No money in the world can buy a healthy environment but we can influence our environment by chosing the right products when we shop. Also remember to buy organic ingredients for cosmetics where possible. Not much point in buying natural ingredients when those ingredients have been sprayed with pesticides and herbicides.
Here the recipe for toothpaste:
Mix 1.5 tablespoons coconut oil, 0.5 teaspoon baking soda, pinch of salt, few drops of an edible essential oil (such as lime or spearmint), and honey to taste. That's it. Remember that a pea-sized amount is enough to brush your teeth. And even though the initial investment for the ingredients may seem high it will last for a long time.
Chemerical in that movie is a fictitious company that promotes healthier cleaning products and behaviours. There is for example OTW for bad smells, gases, you know. Open The Window! The other one is Elbow Grease. Instead of using harsh chemicals that you only need to wipe off, you should use more gently substances and scrub, scrub, scrub. Saves you the trip to the gym too which in return saves you money. Just saying.
It was interesting to see how much trouble the family of 5 had to convert. We already have no more toxic cleaning products in our household, ever since the baby came. It's baking soda, vinegar and water for us. We use Eco-balls for laundry and dishwashing detergent from the organic/ healthy living store. I never took it as far as mixing my own laundry detergent etc. although there is obviously nothing wrong with it and it is a lot cheaper than anything you buy in the store. Store-bought solutions, especially from the organic store, tend to be quite expensive too. Sometimes it's only the first impression though. Our dishwashing detergent has gone a long way, I need very little. The same with the (liquid) castile soap I use for washing my hands. A single drop will do the trick. Made me realise how most dispensers of conventional soap/ detergents are designed to spill out large amounts so you use the bottle up quickly and run back to store for more. It's so wasteful!
Replacing cleaning products is one thing, body care products are another story. Especially the teenagers in the household had their problems with that but they eventually agreed to the edible body care products that they could create themselves. Yes, they are often edible, not necessarily tasty but swallowing them won't harm you. Haven't you heard that you should not put anything on your body that can't be eaten? Our skin is an enourmous organ that is capable of absorbing lots of good and bad substances with all its consequences. It's better to be careful! Anyhow, our bathroom is not entirely toxic-free but it's improving. I mix my own hair conditioner from water and apple cider vinegar. I also started to rub olive oil into my hair, cover it in plastic for 20-30 min and then wash as usual. This gets rid of the frizz in my hair, my hair feels better although I'm still getting used to the new look. My hair is darker, looks wet but is not, it's curlier too. My husband already loves it. I'm about to finish my liquid body wash and it will be soap bars from the organic store from then on. Our chapsticks are from a local lady who started her own cosmetic line with natural ingredients in her kitchen and sells them at local markets. My deodorant is a crystal rock.
I have had trouble with store-bought shampoo so far and toothpaste. Using a paste of baking soda was terrible, tasted disgusting, left my hair too soapy. Unfortunately I hate researching recipes for do-it-yourself because there is too many options and I was not going to turn my kitchen into a lab and mix away for a day. Going to the movie helped me out here. The organiser brought recipes and ingredients and we got to mix some toothpaste and shampoo to take home. Yeah! I love the toothpaste. Taste good, cleans well. I think the shampoo is good too but after I washed my hair this morning I went outside for a bike ride followed by a three-hour-hike with a hat on so my hair did not get a chance to look good. The recipes are fairly simple, the ingredients aren't hard to come by (if you have a good store nearby and I'm talking about the supermarket) and it's much better than baking soda alone. Watching the movie I once more was not unhappy for not using make-up although I have been recently considering to start using a little of it. Without the knowledge on how to apply it I am not going to buy anything though and if I ever get so far I better buy the "yummy" options.
Back to the movie. There were a couple of things that bothered me. The Goodes live in a 2.5 million-people city which remaind unnamed. The city has 6 locations where residents can drop off hazardous items and materials such as batteries, paints, cleaning substances and body care products. Only 3% of the population there make use of these centres. They interviewed someone who runs such as centre and he said he resells some of the stuff and his wife is happy to get her cleaning supplies for cheap. Obviously he does not care about exposing himself and the environment to toxic chemicals that often have been known to cause cancers and other deadly diseases for many decades. The family mother was put off by his attitude, who could blame her. In a different location an "explosion-proof" room was shown were the handed-in materials are kept. It was not said what happens with them once the room is full. Also, afte the cleaners and cosmetics are emptied into barrels you are left with the plastic bottle. These bottles are contaminated too and therefore do not go into recycling but instead into the garbage and then into the landfill. Hang on here! Many households use these cleaners etc. and then put the bottles into their recycling. A lot of effort has been made to teach people to do that and what for? I can't imagine somebody picks the bottles out to add them to the landfill, so they probably get recycled with the toxins attached to them? Or what kind of aggressive cleaning process is applied to clean the bottles and transfer the toxins to somewhere (where?) else?
So the Goodes (and they are just an example) felt guilty to pour half a bottle of cleaner down the drain since it's bad for the environment and will end up in the lake/ river. But almost nobody worries about using smaller amounts of the substance for cleaning and then pouring it down the drain. It still ends up in the lake, it simply needs longer to get there but it will accumulate. As it was said in the film too, any chemical substance ever produced does not just disappear. Reminded me of the story with the leaded gasoline. We stopped using leaded gasoline but the lead that was once pumped into our air through many exhaust pipes did not just go away. It's still around us. Cough!
The film shortly reported on Chemical Valley (photos) which turns out to be around Canada's most polluted city Sarnia, ON and on Love Canal, NY. Both locations are extremely contaminated with toxic waste "thanks" to the chemical industry and yes, people who lived there did get cancers etc. and kids died from playing outside. Now tell me, we ought to be grateful for the contributions that the chemical industry makes to the economy because the state of the economy is all that matters in our modern world?!?!?!?! Be smart, stop using conventional cleaners and body care products and let those stupid companies go bankrupt. No money in the world can buy a healthy environment but we can influence our environment by chosing the right products when we shop. Also remember to buy organic ingredients for cosmetics where possible. Not much point in buying natural ingredients when those ingredients have been sprayed with pesticides and herbicides.
Here the recipe for toothpaste:
Mix 1.5 tablespoons coconut oil, 0.5 teaspoon baking soda, pinch of salt, few drops of an edible essential oil (such as lime or spearmint), and honey to taste. That's it. Remember that a pea-sized amount is enough to brush your teeth. And even though the initial investment for the ingredients may seem high it will last for a long time.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Some good and bad ideas
I wanted to give you these examples of smart things, the first three taken from Goleman's book Ecological Intelligence:
The Paris Metro’s new line uses old technology in a holistic way. The standard technology generates electricity from the friction produced when a train brakes and then uses this energy to boost the same train when it starts or accelerates. On the new line 14 the electricity all the trains make by braking is fed back into the power system so that any train can draw on it, reducing the energy needs of the line by 30%.
FiberMark is a manufacturer of papers, packaging, and lots of related things. It has a paper mill in Brattleboro, Vermont. where they switched from fuel oil to used cooking oils to power the factory’s turbines, drying papers, and heating the plant. This change reduced their fuel oil’s use by 75%, reduced emissions of sulphur dioxide & nitrous oxide, both cause of acid rain, and improved the air quality in the plant.
Goleman also wrote about plans for a plant to be located in South Bronx. The plant was designed to use recycled paper harvested from offices' recycling as its pulp stock, not that from trees. “There’s more paper fibre per acre in NYC than you can get from an acre in the Amazonas, “ says Jonathan Rose, who helped draw up the plans. “It’s in the recycling bin or the garbage.” Paper plants use huge amounts of water, so the site was chosen to be close to a sewage plant, the paper would be made using cleansed sewage water rather than devouring fresh water. Before, NYC’s newspaper received their paper by truck from Maine or Canada. This journey will be avoided. “Why do we have pollution?” Rose asks. “Pollution is a sign of incomplete consumption – something being wasted. ..”
In a recent paper I found a report on Urbee, a new car designed around energy use, minimising the use of fuel to help preserve nature. It's expected to use 1 gallon on 200 mi or 1.18 litre on 100 km. Great but there's a problem: design. What does it help to have a super fuel efficient car when it's so ugly nobody would want to buy it? Oh, there's another problem: With oil corporations controlling politics (at least in North America) how are you going to produce and market this car?
There's still plenty of "un-smart" things though: The state of Washington considered launching a tax on everything "environmental" making life more costly for those who care about nature and live accordingly. How retarded!
We were given a baby bedtime lotion by Johnson & Johnson. It claims that thanks to the release of "NaturalCalm" essences baby will fall asleep better. This NaturalCalm nonsense is a "patent pending blend of gentle and soothing aromas". Reading the ingredients list I could not figure out though where those come from. Apart from water, mineral oil and glycerine there's not an ingredient on the list that I understand. But it's got parfum in it, which could be anything. As a matter of fact the lotion smells so strongly I can't bear it. That's not for my baby.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
More of garbage, cosmetics and toxins
A crazy German built a hotel in Madrid out of garbage. Unfortunately it's there for an exhibit only and will not actually host guests but I like the idea. One day when we run out of resources we might be happy to collect our trash back out of the oceans (if we can still recognize them as such) and build a roof over our heads with it, just in case it gets a bit wet, windy or cold. Take a look for yourself: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/madrids-beach-garbage-hot_n_811442.html#s226725
The Canadian government did a good deed but it's not enough. They banned phthalates only in soft plastic toys, but not in cosmetics. Well, maybe the approach is similar to our diets. They first allow industry to sell crab to the consumers that causes us harm and then they find another provider to treat you for it. Money makes the world go round, on the expense of the consumer. Weird though because the people that work for the industry are also consumers so they should care. The cosmetics industry insists their products are safe, of course. Anyway, it's up to the government to act on the issue but they have 3 months to do so, yawn. http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Clean+shampoos+critics+urge/4136614/story.html
The other day I read in the paper about a scienties experimenting with animals to cure hangover. He gave the rats (or maybe mice) pure ethanol to make them drunk. It was pointed out that this obviously excluded the usual "toxins and additives" found in store-shelved alcohol. I could not believe it was writen so bluntly as if that's an absolutely normal, not to worry about way of producing something that will be consumed by us, the readers. Makes me wonder if it was not better to legalize certain plants for drug consumption with "all natural ingredients" instead of creating toxic drinks that cause addiction.
A friend told a story from the TV. They had a bunch of people swallow the content of a whole package of homeopathic medicine. They stood right outside a hospital in case stomachs had to be pumped out because the porbands weren't suicidal after all. Nothing happened, they all survived without reaction. The conclusion in the show was not though what we thought of. They concluded that homeopathic medicine is like a placebo, it does not do anything. Dave & my conclusion was more like, the active ingredients are not as highly concentrated per pill and it does not contain harming chemicals that at a high dosage can actually kill you. Should be could for suicidal patients. We don't know the details but I think even a placebo is better than harmful medicine.
The Canadian government did a good deed but it's not enough. They banned phthalates only in soft plastic toys, but not in cosmetics. Well, maybe the approach is similar to our diets. They first allow industry to sell crab to the consumers that causes us harm and then they find another provider to treat you for it. Money makes the world go round, on the expense of the consumer. Weird though because the people that work for the industry are also consumers so they should care. The cosmetics industry insists their products are safe, of course. Anyway, it's up to the government to act on the issue but they have 3 months to do so, yawn. http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Clean+shampoos+critics+urge/4136614/story.html
The other day I read in the paper about a scienties experimenting with animals to cure hangover. He gave the rats (or maybe mice) pure ethanol to make them drunk. It was pointed out that this obviously excluded the usual "toxins and additives" found in store-shelved alcohol. I could not believe it was writen so bluntly as if that's an absolutely normal, not to worry about way of producing something that will be consumed by us, the readers. Makes me wonder if it was not better to legalize certain plants for drug consumption with "all natural ingredients" instead of creating toxic drinks that cause addiction.
A friend told a story from the TV. They had a bunch of people swallow the content of a whole package of homeopathic medicine. They stood right outside a hospital in case stomachs had to be pumped out because the porbands weren't suicidal after all. Nothing happened, they all survived without reaction. The conclusion in the show was not though what we thought of. They concluded that homeopathic medicine is like a placebo, it does not do anything. Dave & my conclusion was more like, the active ingredients are not as highly concentrated per pill and it does not contain harming chemicals that at a high dosage can actually kill you. Should be could for suicidal patients. We don't know the details but I think even a placebo is better than harmful medicine.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
A few recent occurences
Dave was given by his dentist a tooth paste for sensitive teeth with "instant relief" guarantee. Reading the small print it turns out this stuff is highly dangerous, recommending users to call Poison Control if they happen to swallow more than the amount needed for brushing their teeth! How did this stuff get on store shelves?
Our new apartment also needed some serious cleaning and I was recommended to get CLR, a cleaner that removes stubborn stains from calcium, lime and rust. Reading the packaging I was shocked about the aggressiveness of this product and considered not to get this near my household, not only because we have a baby but also because this stuff should stay where it is - safely in its bottle, unopened.
Have you wondered how our bath versus shower water consumption turned out? My husband uses more water for his bath than I use for a simple shower, that is without washing my hair. So maybe his bath comes to about the same as my shower with washing my hair. He still uses less for his bath than his shower. The last days I have taken a few bathes in a puddle because our new shower head is terrible and needs to be changed, the sooner the better.
Our new apartment also needed some serious cleaning and I was recommended to get CLR, a cleaner that removes stubborn stains from calcium, lime and rust. Reading the packaging I was shocked about the aggressiveness of this product and considered not to get this near my household, not only because we have a baby but also because this stuff should stay where it is - safely in its bottle, unopened.
Have you wondered how our bath versus shower water consumption turned out? My husband uses more water for his bath than I use for a simple shower, that is without washing my hair. So maybe his bath comes to about the same as my shower with washing my hair. He still uses less for his bath than his shower. The last days I have taken a few bathes in a puddle because our new shower head is terrible and needs to be changed, the sooner the better.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Love to shampoo your hair?
Did you know?
Every shampoo contains 4 basic types of chemicals. The first is surfactants, cleaning agents that strip dirt of the hair, usually harsh and leave the hair dry and brittle. Conditioning agents are added to rectify the pH balance. Foaming agents make it bubbly. Fragrances give shampoo its unique identity. Shampoos can have dozens of ingredients but they all fall into one of these groups.
As mentioned in an earlier post about cosmetics, it's best to understand the ingredients list not only for the food you eat but also for the cosmetics you use, including shampoo - everything else might proof to be more harmful than good for you and your hair.
Check out your shampoo on Skin Deep, the website with hazard-rating for cosmetics.http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
Friday, December 3, 2010
Renewable Energies - Bullfrog-powered
We receive the Organic Box (www.theorganicbox.ca), fresh organic produce sourced in Northern Alberta, Southern BC, and a few Western US states such as California. They also offer local organic milk, bread, eggs, flour etc. They tell you the name of the farm or producer where your food comes from which is nice. Anyway, in their last newsletter they informed us that their operations, running the office, the warehouse, the coolers, are now bullfrog-powered.
The Rocky Mountain Soap Company produces its "100% natural skin care" in Edmonton. Besides their own shops their products are being sold at the gift shop of our favourite museum in the city, the Royal Alberta Museum. That’s how I found out. Reading the website of the Rocky Mountain Soap Company I learn that they not only care about the ingredients of their products but also about the packaging, shipping, lighting, and the energy they use. They are bullfrog-powered.
Bullfrog is an Alberta power company offering 100% wind power for an extra 2 cents per kilowatt hour. They reckon it adds 40 cents per day to the average family’s electricity bill. I pulled out our last monthly bill – we used 85 KWH. For us that would be $1.70 per month extra, no big deal. But that would mean that the average household uses as much electricity in 4 days as we use in a month. We then thought about the average household … must be a house, with bigger or lots of rooms and possibly lots of appliances. Admittedly, our heating is not included in our electricity bill, we have a coin laundry in the basement and we don’t have many appliances or a block heater for our non-existing car. That leaves us with lights, phone, fridge & freezer, stove and laptops. Period.
Our power bill is actually something that terribly annoys me. We pay less then $30 per month, $5 is for the power, the rest is distribution and administration fees. Where is the incentive to save energy, please? Seriously, if we weren’t renting, we should simply install solar panels on roof or balcony and get off that grid. Even more so, because most of Alberta’s energy still comes from coal. Edmonton (and the rest of the prairies possibly) gets so much sun every roof here should be plastered with solar panels. It works fine for Germany and the sky there is more often grey, overcast, or something else but sunny. I can hear the scepticism already, like, what about the angle of the sun in winter? Will it produce enough? Probably not, but winter does not last 12 months here. What about summer?! Imagine operating your air conditioning with solar power. Fancy! I mean, wind power seems to work and really it is not that windy in Edmonton. When I first came here I used to mark in the calendar when there was actually a breeze outside, it seemed so rare to me.With everything humanity has invented I am sure there's a way to install solar panels so they catch the most sunshine possible. Some smart brain will now how.
Friday, November 26, 2010
The pleasure of looking good
Sometimes it seems like everything in the European Union is over-regulated but when it comes to cosmetics/ toiletries I wished it was everywhere like in Europe. Dr. Daniel Goleman writes in his book Ecological Intelligence “How regulators think about toxicity makes a difference in what goes into the products we use.”
The European approach is “better-safe-than-sorry”, also called the precautionary principle. That means that as soon as European toxicologists suspect potential harm to human beings in a substance this substance is banned. Contrary, in the USA the approach is that a chemical with inherent toxicity might still be safe for use under normal or certain conditions, whatever that means. With other words, unless there is definite evidence that a substance severely harms you they do not bother taking it off the market. Proud to serve the industry, as usual. In the USA the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was founded in 1979. It immediately “ruled that the use of about 62,000 substances could continue without testing any of them, including some chemicals that were known to be harmful such as ethylbenzene.” Ethylbenzene is an industrial solvent that causes damage to the brain. Thirty years later the EPA has still not required testing for most of these substances.
Back in Europe a program called REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization of chemicals) aims to test and evaluate tens of thousands of chemicals, not only those that were allowed to be used in everyday products by the EPA but also new ones that have come up since. “REACH will generate a new kind of periodic table, tabulating hazardousness rather than molecular structure.”
Dr. Goleman points out that the number of man-made chemicals with potential danger to us is estimated at 104,000. This includes chemicals used in food as well as any non-food products we might be exposed to. He continues that of these chemicals “10,000 are used each year in volumes greater than 10 tons.” and “Only a fraction has been tested for toxicity in adults, let alone on fetuses or infants.”
The situation for cosmetics in Canada is similar to the USA. Imagine washing your face with substances used to clean roads and heavy duty factory equipment that’s soiled with oil and the likes. Frequently used harmful ingredients in cosmetics have been compiled into the dirty dozen list – for details check out: http://www.thegreenguide.com/personal-care/dirty-dozen
Do a quick check, if you got sunscreen handy: See if it’s got oxybenzone in it. This is the active agent that’s meant to protect your skin from the sun but it has also been suspected of having carcinogenic properties when exposed to sunlight.
Last but not least the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association reckons “that more than 1000 flavouring ingredients may pose respiratory dangers to workers.”
For information on cosmetics' safety go to Skin Deep http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
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