Top 12 Reasons to Use Organic (Natural) Cosmetics

April 10, 2011 - PRLog -- 12. Fuel Oil Pollution

In the US alone, oil from petrochemical-based cosmetics, are being washed down the drain that is roughly the same size as the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. That oil is destroying our natural water supplies and the environment.

11. Superbugs

Products that contain the antibacterial agent triclosan, are causing growth of dangerous superbugs. Bugs that cause much damage no only to homes, but to the environment.

10. Release of Biocides into the Environment

Nanosilver is a powerful biocide that can kill beneficial bacteria in the environment, especially in soil and water, ultimately creating an intolerable toxicity risk to human health, and the health of the environment.

9. Deadly Drinking Water

Triclosan can react with chlorine in tap water and transform into the carcinogen, chloroform. Mix that with sunlight and dioxins are formed. Dioxins are highly toxic, relentless environmental pollutants that can cause developmental and reproductive problems, damage the immune system, and even more seriously, disrupt hormone balances that cause cancer.

Common household products such as shampoo and conditioner can interact with disinfectants at US wastewater treatment facilities to transform into cancer inducing nitrosamines, which ultimately end up back in drinking water.

8. Causes Fat Storage

Exposure to phthalates, endocrine disrupting chemicals found in many perfumes and artificial fragrances, nail polish, and other cosmetics have been linked to obesity in children.

7. Skin Irritants

Up to 60% of the products used on the skin are absorbed and deposited in to the blood system. Even more startling the average woman absorbs 30 pounds of the ingredients contained in moisturizers over sixty years. And lipstick wearers consume an average of 7 pounds of lipstick in a lifetime. Most of those moisturizers contain aluminum, artificial colors, and -parabens, which cause skin irritation and can cause cancer. And lipstick wearers consume this stuff.

6. Early Puberty

There have been links to cosmetic ingredients and premature puberty, especially in girls. Some girls, younger than 10 with premature puberty show a high rate of exposure to endocrine disrupters found in nail polishes, make-up and other cosmetics.

5. Decrease Fertility

In a repost on the health risks of secret ingredients in fragrance, hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly found in perfumes may be a large factor in infertility. Some proof of this, may be the fact that infertility increased by 20 percent in American couples between the years 1995 and 2002.

4. Cancer Causing

A warning from the President’s Cancer Panel, states that nitrosamines found in cosmetics are implicated in brain and kidney cancer, phthalates found in cosmetics, hair conditioners, and many fragrances, increase the likelihood of breast and testicular cancer. Nanomatericals found in sunscreens, nail polishes, cosmetics, and personal care products can be extremely toxic. And don’t think just because the label says that it is safe children, that it is exempt from this warning. A key ingredient, 1,4-dioxane, a cancer causing impurity, has been found 22% of all personal care products.

3. Cause Birth Defects

Pregnant women with higher levels of phthalates commonly found in fragrances, shampoos, nail polishes, and other cosmetics, are more likely to have children who display disruptive behavior in later years.

2.  Lack of Regulation and Safety Testing

The FDA has no authority to enforce cosmetic companies to test their products for safety or recall products that are found to be harmful.

11 percent of the ingredients found in personal care and cosmetic products have been tested for safety, and because of that the President’s Cancer Panel recommends research on toxins and endocrine disrupting chemicals in personal care products and cosmetics.

1. It is the Smart Thing to Do

After being informed about all these harmful ingredients, why would any one want to continue the use of these cancer-causing, environmental-damaging, hormone-disrupting products any longer? The best answer to this problem is to buy natural and organic products, all the while reading the labels. This ensures that your money supports safety, organic and natural health, as well as the environment.

By switching to all-natural cosmetic products and make-up you’ll avoid skin harmful chemicals. Many skin problems, such as acne, contact dermatitis, irritations and allergies may vanish once petroleum or synthetic ingredients are eliminated from your skin care regimen. Using fully natural products can contribute to healthy glowing skin and a healthy cancer-free body in the long term.

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