What about the need for PRESERVATIVES?What about the need for PRESERVATIVES?The decaying process is natural and happens with or without preservatives. Skin care products do not (and should not) last for ever. Just like food, all natural skin care products will eventually deteriorate and go rancid. The effectiveness, not safety, of synthetic chemical preservatives has only been “proven” by cruel animal testing. Chemical preservatives are generally used because they are much cheaper than, and extend the shelf life of the product more than natural alternatives. Just as eating fresh natural produce is far better for you than eating denatured long shelf life food . The same applies to your skin care products. Safe non-toxic fresh skin care products are far better for your health than the alphabet soup of chemical concoctions the “skin care” companies generally come up with. Common Synthetic Preservatives: 1. Imidiazolidinyl Urea (Germall 115) and Diazolidinyl Urea (Germall II) Causes contact dermatitis. Germall 115 releases formaldehyde over 10°C. Un-natural! 2. DMDM Hydantoin Highly toxic, causes contact dermatitis, contains formaldehyde. Used in shampoos and deodorants. Un-natural! 3. Methyl, Propyl, Butyl and Ethyl Paraben Toxic, Causes allergic reactions and skin rashes. Used in a huge range of products and is implicated in increasing breast cancer rates when used as a preservative in underarm deodorants. UN-natural! 4. 2-Bromo-2-Nitro-Propane-1, 3-diol. (Bronopol). Toxic – causes allergic contact dermatitis. Used in face creams, shampoos, mascaras and bath oils. 5. Benzalkonium Chloride – Highly toxic, primary skin irritant. Used in shampoos, conditioner and deodorants. UN-natural! 6. Quarternium-15 Toxic, causes skin rashes and allergic reactions. UN-natural! 7. Chloromethylisothiazolinone and Isothiazolinone – Cause contact dermatitis 8. Methylisothiazolinone and Methylchloroisothiazolinone- Both cause allergies 9. Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) and Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) – Both cause allergic contact dermatitis – worse BHT is carcinogenic! This alphabet soup of unnatural synthetic chemicals which go into making the average skin care product and/or cosmetic is believed to be playing a major part in the enormous increase in cancer rates in the developed countries of the world. Research scientists such as Dr Samuel Epstein have been speaking out strongly for decades trying to warn the public of the dangers of un-natural toxic chemicals in personal and skin care products. We are losing the “winnable war on cancer” due to vested interests totally ignoring the damage that low level exposure to toxins over may years do to our immune systems. Some Natural Preservatives 1. Essential oils 2. Grapefruit Seed Extract 3. D-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E) Last updated: December 16, 2008 |
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