Tag Archives: Chemicals

Personal Care Ingredients to Avoid

October 20, 2010 – 2:00 pm

Keep a look out for these ingredients in your personal care products: 1,4-dioxane Bismuth oxychloride Dimethicone Formaldehyde Hydroquinone Nanotechnology Parabens Phthalates Propylene glycol Synthetic surfactants And read more about them here.

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Your daily exposure to chemicals is extensive…and growing

July 29, 2010 – 2:09 pm

Ok, this is huge – last week, the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010, (HR 5786) was introduced which would give the Food and Drug Administration authority to ensure that personal care products are free of harmful ingredients. According to a press release from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics discussing the legislation, Americans use an average [...]

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