Did you know...
1.
The FDA cannot require companies to do safety testing of their
cosmetic products before marketing. (FDA Office of Cosmetics
and Colors (FDA 1995))
2. Eighty-nine percent of 10,500 ingredients used in personal
care products have not been evaluated for safety by the Cosmetic
Ingredient Review (CIR), the FDA, nor any other publicly accountable
institution. (FDA 2000, CIR 2003)
3. One of every 120 products on the market contains ingredients
certified by government authorities as known or probable human
carcinogens, including shampoos, lotions, make-up foundations,
and lip balms manufactured by Almay, Neutrogena, Grecian Formula,
and others. An astonishing one-third of all products contain
one or more ingredients classified as possible human carcinogens.(Environmental
Working Group, Skin Deep Program)
4. Fifty-five percent of all products
assessed contain “penetration
enhancers,” ingredients that can increase a product's penetration
through the skin and into the bloodstream,
increasing consumers' exposures to other ingredients as well.
We found 50 products
containing penetration enhancers
in combination with known or probable human carcinogens. (Environmental
Working Group, Skin
Deep Program)
5. Just 28 of the 7,500 products
we analyzed have been fully assessed for safety by the cosmetic
industry's
self-regulating panel, the
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR).
All other products — 99.6
percent of those examined — contain one or more ingredients
never assessed for potential health impacts by the CIR. This panel,
run and funded by the cosmetic industry's trade association, is
billed as the organization that "thoroughly reviews and assesses
the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics" on behalf of
the industry (CIR 2004). The government
does not systematically review the
safety of personal care products and has banned or restricted
just nine of the more than 10,000
ingredients used in personal care
products. (Environmental Working Group, Skin Deep Program)
6. Cosmetic ingredients do not sit
tight of the surface of the skin — they are designed
to penetrate, and they do. Scientists have found many common
cosmetic ingredient in human tissues,
including industrial plasticizers
called phthalates in urine, preservatives called parabens in
breast tumor tissue, and persistent
fragrance components like musk
xylene in human fat. (Environmental Working Group, Skin Deep
Program)
What is a natural cosmetic?
When natural
isn’t
natural.
The FDA has tried to establish
official definitions and guidelines
for the use of certain terms such as "natural" and "hypoallergenic," but
its regulations were overturned in court. That means that cosmetics
companies can use these terms on ingredient labels to mean
anything they want, with the result that it almost always means
nothing at all. The term "all-natural" has considerable
market value in promoting cosmetic
products to consumers, but a close look at an ingredient label
reveals that the plant
extracts make up only a small
percentage of the product. Plus, when a plant is added to a
cosmetic, preserved, and stabilized
with other ingredients, it loses
its natural qualities (Source: FDA Consumer magazine, May-June
1998, revised May 1998 and
August 2000).
Be sure to read those labels!
You'll never need to worry about
any of our products though.
We will never use any synthetic
ingredients!
Don’t take care of your skin with products
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