They harm not just you but animals and the nature as well. They are the Killer Chemicals:
And they are in your makeup!!!
These are the 100 chemicals you want to avoid in your makeup or skin care the next time you go shopping:
1. Acrylic acid: respiratory toxin for humans; causes asthma, severe skin burns, and allergic reaction in the skin or lungs.
2. Aluminium: strong human neuro-toxicant; causes irritation of eyes, skin, and lungs; endocrine disruptor; linked to Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer.
3. Aluminium Chloride: nose and lung irritant; human endocrine disruptor linked to breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease; aluminum compounds are neurotoxic to humans
4. Aluminium Hydrochloride: Associated with breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease; aluminum compounds are neurotoxic to humans
5. Aluminium Oxide: A strong nose and lung irritant; can cause breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease; aluminum compounds are neurotoxic to humans.
6. Ammonium Laureth Sulfate: causes skin irritation; water contaminant; may be contaminated with carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane
7. Ammonium Persulfate: strong eye, respiratory system, and skin irritant; can trigger asthma; restricted in cosmetics
8. Amyl Acetate: neurotoxin; eye and lung irritant; lung allergen
9. Benzalkonium Chloride:Weakens immune system, lung, and skin toxicant; can stimulate asthma.
10. ABenzyl Alcohol: Can cause allergic reaction in lungs; causes itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin.
11. Boric Acid: Unsafe for use on infants and injured or damaged skin; causes death and birth defects in animals.
12. Bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1.3-diol): One of the most powerful lung and skin toxicants; forms carcinogenic nitrosamine; causes allergic contact dermatitis; environmental contaminant; poisonous to wildlife.
13. Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA): Human carcinogen; causes allergic contact dermatitis and skin depigmentation; persistent environmental toxin.
14. Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT): Skin and lung toxicant at low doses; strong skin and eye irritant.
15. Butylene Glycol: skin, lung, and eye irritant; environmental toxin.
16. Butylparaben: skin and eye irritant;linked to breast and ovarian cancer.
17. Calcium Fluoride: Neurotoxic to humans; leads to bone weakness.
18. Ceteareth: Unsafe for use on broken skin; eye and lung irritant.
19. Cetrimonium Chloride: Causes skin to itch, burn and blister.
20. Cetyl Alcohol: Skin and eye irritant in humans
21. Chloroacetamide: Skin, eye, and lung irritant; toxic if inhaled.
22. Coal Tar: Known human carcinogen; causes lung and urinary tract cancer; potent skin irritant.
23. Cocamide DEA (Ethanolamide of Coconut Acid): Strong human skin toxicant and suspected carcinogen; causes irritation of skin, eyes, and lungs in humans.
24. D&C Red 30 Lake: Strong nervous system toxicant; disrupts endocrine system and linked to breast and ovarian cancer.
25. D&C Violet 2: Coal tar dye; skin and eye irritant; long-time use of coal tar hair dye is linked to bladder cancer.
26. Dibutyl Phthalate: Linked to impaired fertility and urinary abnormalities; linked to breast and ovarian cancers.
27. Diethanolamine (DEA): Linked to brain abnormalities in animals.
28. Dimeticone (Dimethicone): Environmental toxicant
29. Direct Black 38: Confirmed human carcinogen; strong evidence of causing bladder cancer; may harm unborn child; causes cancer in animals
30. DMDM Hydantoin: Contains carcinogenic formaldehyde; skin, eye, and lung irritant.
31. EDTA (Disodium EDTA): Linked to brain, liver and endocrine damage in animals apart from fetal death and birth abnormalities in animals.
32. Ethylparaben: Skin and eye irritant; can cause breast and ovarian cancer.
33. Eugenol: Skin, eye, and lung irritant; well-recognized consumer allergen.
34. Ext. D&C Violet 2: Skin irritant; long-time use of coal tar dyes can cause bladder cancer.
35. FD&C Blue 1: Derived from coal tar; linked to allergies and hyperactivity disorders
36. FD&C Green 3: Causes cancer and bone marrow hyperplasia in animals; not studied for safety in humans.
37. FD&C Yellow 5 (E104, Tartrazine): Causes severe allergic and intolerance reactions, particularly among asthmatics; linked to thyroid tumors, chromosomal damage, hives, and hyperactivity in humans
38. FD&C Yellow Aluminium Lake: Neuro-toxic to humans
39. FD&C Yellow 6: Human skin and eye irritant, cannot be used in eye cosmetics
40. Fig (Ficus Carca) Extract: Cannot be used as fragrance ingredient due to potential carcinogenicity.
41. Formaldehyde: Linked to leukemia, pancreatic, skin, liver, and lung cancer; strong skin, eye, and lung irritant; causes cirrhosis, stomach, kidneys, and bladder; can cause skin burns; stimulates asthma.
42. Formaldehyde Resin: Contains formaldehyde and carries same risks; can trigger allergic reaction in the skin or lungs.
43. Formaldehyde Solution (Formalin): Neurotoxin in humans and animals, linked to leukemia, and other cancers; causes cirrhosis; can cause skin burns; triggers asthma; hazardous air pollutant; environmental toxin; banned in Canada and Japan; determined as safe for use in cosmetics in the US
44. Glyceryl Stearate: weak skin, eye, and lung irritant
45. Hydroquinone: eye, lung, and nervous system toxin; can cause itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin; suspected liver and stomach carcinogen.
46. GIodopropynl Butylcarbamate: contains Diethanolamine; can affect thyroid function; gastrointestinal and liver toxicant; cannot be used in aerosols; causes allergic contact dermatitis.
47. Imidazolidinyl Urea (Uric Acid): can cause itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin
48. Isobutylparaben: skin and eye irritant; endocrine disruptor linked to breast and ovarian cancer.
49. Isoparaffin: petroleum derivative; environmental toxin; mildly irritating.
50. Isopropyl Alcohol (SD-40): human neurotoxin; skin, eye, and lung irritant; vapors cause drowsiness and dizziness; causes skin dehydration; may promote brown spots and premature aging of skin
51. Lactic acid: strong skin and eye irritant; can cause skin burns; causes changes in liver, brain, and blood in animals; causes mutations and birth defects in animals.
52. Lanolin: strong skin irritant and toxicant; can cause allergic reaction in the lungs
53. Laureth-7 (Polyethlene Glycol Ether of Lauryl Alcohol): may be contaminated with carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane
54. Lead Acetate: possible human carcinogen and neurotoxin; skin and eye irritant.
55. Lecithin: Irritates lungs in aerosol form; a potent asthma trigger; forms carcinogenic compounds.
56. Manganese Sulfate: strong human neurotoxin; harmful during prolonged exposure or inhalation.
57. Methamine: strong skin, eye, nose, and lung irritant; can cause itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin; may be contaminated with carcinogenic 1,4-Dioxane; cannot be used in aerosol cosmetics
58. Methyl Methacrlate: strong neurotoxin; strong eye and lung irritant; causes asthma and skin burns; causes cancer and stomach bleeding in animals.
59. Methylparaben: skin and eye irritant; endocrine disruptor linked to breast and ovarian cancer.
60. Mineral Oil (liquid Petrolatum): causes blood and skin cancer formations in animals; eye and skin irritant.
61. Monoethanolamine (MEA): skin and eye irritant at low doses; can be irritating to the respiratory tract
62. Nonoxynol (ethoxylated alkyl phenol): endocrine disruptor; skin and lung irritant; causes liver damage in animals.
63. Octoxynol (10,11,13,40): strong skin and eye toxin that can cause itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin; may be carcinogenic
64. Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-4): strong photoallergen; endocrine disruptor.
65. Padimate O (Octyl Dimethyl PABA/PABA Ester): has estrogenic activity; causes allergic reactions and photoallegenic dermatitis; restricted in Japan
66. Para Amino benzonic Acid (PABA): causes allergic dermatitis and photosensitivity; produces free radicals that cause mutations, causes cell to die, and may be implicated in cardiovascular disease.
67. Parraffin (Paraffinum Liquidum, Paraffin Petrolatum): releases carcinogens benzene and toluene upon heating; causes kidney or renal system tumor in animals.
68. PEG-100 Stearate: polyethylene glycols are often contaminated with 1,4-Dioxane; suspected endocrine disruptor; linked to cancer in animals; skin and eye irritant
69. Petrolatum (soft Paraffin, White Petrolatum, Petroleum Jelly): lung irritant upon inhalation; derived from petroleum; non-biodegradable environmental toxin
70. Phenol: strong respiratory irritant; causes skin burns; causes kidney damage and cyanosis in humans; causes skin cancer, birth defects, and brain and nervous system damage in animals at very low doses.
71. Phenoxyethanol: endocrine disruptor and carcinogenic in animals; linked to allergic contact uritica and dermatitis
72. Picric Acid: human immune system toxicant; toxic by inhalation, skin contact, and ingestion; causes allergic reaction in the skin or lungs; causes coma, convulsions.
73. Placental Extract: endocrine disruptor containing estradiol and progesteron; banned in Canada
74. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG): often contaminated with carcinogenic 1,4-Dioxane; suspected endocrine disruptor; linked to cancer in animals; skin and eye irritant
75. Polyethylene Terephthalate: causes cancer in animals; not studied for safety in humans
76. Polysorbate 80: may be contaminated with 1,4-Dioxane; suspected endocrine disruptor; linked to cancer in animals; skin and eye irritant
77. Potassium Persulfate: strong irritant to eyes, lungs, respiratory system, and skin; restricted for use in cosmetics
78. P-phenylenediamine: linked to bladder and prostate cancer; human neurotoxin; skin and lung irritant; causes liver cancer and birth defects in animals; very strong environmental toxin
79. Propyl Acetate: skin, eye, nose, and lung irritant
80. Proplene Glycol (PG): can cause eye irritation and conjunctivitis, as well as upper respiratory tract irritation
81. Propylparaben: skin and eye irritant; endocrine disruptor linked to breast and ovarian cancer; environmental contaminant
82. PQuaternium-7,15,31,60: formaldehyde releasing; can cause skin and eye irritation; linked to several cancers (see Formaldehyde)
83. Resorcinol (m-Hydroquinone,Euresol,1,3-Bensenediol): strong skin irritant; linked to adenomas in animals; suspected to trigger skin cancer in humans.
84. Saccharin: suspected human carcinogen; causes liver, kidney, and bladder damage in animals, as well as reproductive damage and birth abnormalities
85. Silica: linked to esophageal cancer, renal disease, pulmonary fibrosis, mesothelioma, sarcoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and bronchitis; strong nasal and lung irritant; wildlife toxicant; accumulates in human body.
86. Sodium Laureth Sulfate: skin irritant; water contaminant; may be contaminated with carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane
87. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: skin and eye irritant; in toothpaste may cause canker sores
88. Sodium Metabisulfite: immune system toxicant; eye and skin irritant; dangerous for asthmatics; causes stillbirth, muscle weakness, and brain degeneration in animals
89. Sodium Methylparaben: endocrine disruptor; causes mild brain damage in animals; skin irritant causing itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering; causes depigmentation of skin.
90. Sodium Monofluorophosphate: nervous system toxin; harmful if swallowed during teeth bleaching; causes convulsions, proteinuria, osteoporosis, and changes in DNA in animals.
91. Talc: causes tissue injury and fibrosis; skin and lung irritation
92. Teflon: causes toxic pneumonitis and skin cancer in animals.
93. Tetrasodium EDTA: contains formaldehyde; cytotoxic and genotoxic in animals; strong skin and lung irritant in humans.
94. Thimerosal (Thimersal, Merthiolate): strong toxin to skin, nervous, and immune system; causes cancer in animals; environmental toxin
95. Thioglycolc Acid: strong human skin irritant; causes itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin; lung allergen; restricted in cosmetics; banned in Canada
96. Toluene (Methylbenzene): skin and lung toxicant; accumulates in fat tissue; soil contaminant
97. Triclosan: affects thyroid hormone–associated gene expression, caused fetal death in animals; strong skin irritant.
98. Triethanolamine (TEA): causes lymphoid, kidney; and renal tumors in animals; skin and eye irritant even when used in low doses
99. Triphenyl Phosphate: human neurotoxin; skin, eye, and lung irritant; causes tremors, depression, and diarrhea in animals
100. Xanthene (AKA106, CI 45100): found unsafe for use in cosmetics in the US; causes cancer and various organ mutations in animals
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