Personal Care Products, Cosmetics and Breast Cancer

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momtomomhealth Member Posts: 1
edited June 2014 in Recommend Your Resources
Did you know that cosmetic products we use daily, like shampoo, body wash, make-up, and even baby lotions contain chemicals that have been linked to serious health concerns such as cancer and birth defects? And did you know that it is perfectly legal in the US for companies to make personal care products with these harmful ingredients?When it comes to choosing our personal care products, most of us go for packaging, color, fragrance, even glitter, beads and kernels. Or how about those trusted brands that have been in our families for generations? We could never imagine there being any harm in choosing a mint toothpaste with tartar control or a mango-scented body wash with matching body cream. “Putting chemicals on our skin is actually far worse than ingesting them, because when you eat something the enzymes in our saliva and stomach help break it down and flush it out of your body. When you put these chemicals on your skin, however, it is absorbed straight into our blood stream without filtering of any kind, so there’s no protection against the toxin.”I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2007 and because of my experience have created MomtoMomHealth.com  to share what I have learned with others. If it helps just one other family, I will feel blessed that good has come from this experience. Even though I’ve named my mission “Mom to Mom,” my goal is to make this important information accessible to everyone, because it applies to the health of every person in your life and mine.I hope you'll take Turn a New Leaf and share my site with others who can benefit from it.  
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  • Jelson
    Jelson Member Posts: 1,535
    edited May 2010

    Here is a non commercial website which reviews and rates products from many manufacturers and doesn't try to sell you cosmetics.

    http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ created by the Environmental Working Group

    Jelson

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  • renee-tattoos
    renee-tattoos Member Posts: 161
    edited May 2010

    I uSe and recommend Dr Hauschka....organic and bio dynamic...

    The owner/president of the co. Susan Kurtz said and I love this

    Would you eat your makeup???

    No..then why would you put it on your skin which is the largest organ

    of our body.  I just love that it really puts things into perspective.

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  • cowgal
    cowgal Member Posts: 833
    edited May 2010

    I heard a story on the news the other night about all the harmful estrogen and synthetic estrogens found in skin care products.  As I am ER and PR +, I have decided I need to get these bad chemicals out of my house.  I thought someone had a list on this site of all the cancer causing ingredients to avoid.  Does anyone have a list they would share or know how to find it?  I have used the skin deep site but can't just get a list of cancer causing ingredients so I can find new safe products.  Thanks!

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