Toxins and Personal Care Products

Many of us have started making the connection between toxins and chemicals in our personal care products and devastating diseases and have decided to make a change. Facts are, in a recent study performed by the Environmental Working Group 33% contain ingredients linked to cancer, 45% contain ingredients that may be harmful to the reproductive system or a baby's development, and 60% have ingredients that can act like estrogen or disrupt hormones.
We sometimes have false assumptions that the government has control over ingredients found in products, and that small amounts of these toxins are harmful but this couldn't be farther from the truth. Out of the over 10,500 ingredients found in products, only 11% of them have been tested for safety. A number of years ago, cosmetologists were complaining about occupational related health concerns such as headachs, memory loss, asthma, and nervous and repiratory problems. Knowing this is true, and that 884 of the 2,983 chemicals were found to be toxic by the government itself, nothing was done.
You can have the power and information to make safe decisions for you and your family by visiting EWG's website at www.cosmeticsdatabase.com.