More than 10,000 ingredients are utilized in cosmetics and personal care products yet nearly 90% percent of these have never been evaluated for safety by the FDA or the Cosmetics Industry Review panel.
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Dangers of chemicals in cosmetics According to the Environmental Working Group, one-third of all cosmetics products contain one or more ingredients classified as possible human carcinogens. Among the toxins commonly found are phthalates and parabens, used in perfumes, lotions and deodorants, which have estrogenic properties implicated in breast cancer as well as diethanolamine, a chemical used as a wetting agent in shampoos, lotions, creams and other cosmetics which can react with other ingredients to form carcinogens linked with stomach, esophagus, liver and bladder cancers.
As You Sow’s actions regarding toxins in cosmetics
As You Sow has worked to remove toxins from cosmetics in four areas:
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