You know, when I pose the question to people, “Do you know if your cosmetics and household products/cleaners are safe to use?” I sometimes get a strange look. If you haven’t ever thought about the toxicity of products you routinely put on your skin, under your arms, in your mouth, on your cloths, or that you use to clean with, maybe you should. Consider this…many of the chemicals in these products cause cancer, developmental/reproductive toxciticity, allergies, endocrine system dysruption, immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, bioaccumulation, organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) just to name a few. Now, if that’s not enough to make you think twice before using something on yourself, your child, or other family member, then you can stop reading now, because you aren’t going to care about the rest of this post.
Now, here’s what you can do to see if what you are using is potentially harmful to your health. Go to www.cosmeticsdatabase.com, and type in the exact name of the products you use for a report on overall and individual ingredient toxicity. The database is completely FREE, so go and check it out. If your products are harmful, finish using them or ditch them, and look into a less toxic option by sorting through the catagories on the www.cosmeticsdatabase.com website.
I hope this helps you remove some of the environmental toxins from you and your family’s lives.
Dr. Shook
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