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After our daughter experienced a painful reaction to the hand soap in her elementary school, we were driven to learn what is used in commonly available personal care products. We were shocked to find harsh chemicals and commonly-known carcinogens throughout the lists of ingredients.

Even brands we purchased from our local health food stores contained these chemicals and unlisted by-products of ingredient combinations that have been banned in other countries for years!

You should still do a small skin test prior to using any skin or cosmetic product, certified organic or not, but we have been working hard to figure it all out and offer it to you in a simple, accessible way.  Did you know? There are over 1100 chemicals that have been banned in the European Union for use in cosmetics and personal care products for being carcinogenic, mutagenic and reproductive toxins. For more information, please visit the following links:

 

 

  • Check the safety of your cosmetics and personal care products at www.cosmeticsdatabase.com Search the database by brand or by ingredient to get a safety rating for the product(0-2 low hazard and 3-10 medium to high hazard), scroll down the page to read ingredient descriptions, eg. link to cancer.


  • Sherry Beall interviews Stacy Malkan, author of "Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry." Today's society seems to be bombarded with products riddled with toxic chemicals and potentially unsafe ingredients. Everything from cleaning supplies to cosmetics can be extremely dangerous to your health and the planet. Join Sherry Beall on "Healthy Planet, Healthy Me!" as she talks with Stacy Malkan about the hidden toxic components that the beauty industry is trying to keep out of the public eye.  (video) Healthy Planet, Healthy Me! Co-Founder, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

 

 

  • How an Inspirational group of Teens were instrumental in getting California Cosmetics Laws changed! (video) Teens for Safe Cosmetics

 

 

 

  • CANADIAN LAWS: Hugh Davis of Health Canada (Head of Cosmetics), told CBC Marketplace that "Canada’s regulations are so outrageously antiquated, they’re not worth the paper they’re written on." Davis called cosmetics "high risk," "because you’re applying them directly to your body.” Cosmetics and the cancer connection (CBC Marketplace, broadcast Jan. 2003)

 

  • NEW Book - A must-read for Canadians! Slow Death by Rubber Duck Co-authored by Environmental Defence's Executive Director, Dr. Rick Smith, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals how daily life creates a toxic soup inside each of us. How do these toxins make their way inside us and what affect do they have on our health? And more importantly, what can we do about them? Rick Smith and co-author Bruce Lourie tackle these questions head-on by experimenting upon themselves. By revealing the pollution load in their bodies, they tell us the inside story of seven common substances.

 

  • (video)The human race is now polluted with hundreds of industrial chemicals – with little or no understanding of the consequences. Babies are born pre-polluted with as many as 300 industrial chemicals in their bodies when they enter the world. Environmental Working Group "Kid-Safe Chemicals Act: 10 Americans "

 

  • Babies recently treated with infant personal care products such as lotion, shampoo and powder were more likely to have man-made chemicals called phthalates in their urine: Article (Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle Washington)

 
Last Updated ( Sunday, 25 July 2010 )
 
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