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Chemicals in lotions and personal care products
7644
Ingredients used in personal care products
Globally, right now
Personal care and beauty products are...
filled with chemicals! The number of different chemicals in lotions, for example, is a s high as 7500. And new ones are added daily...
Top 4 facts about personal care ingredients
1
Personal / chemical care
Prior to World War II, the perfume industry used only natural methods and oils to make fragrances. But due to the revolution in the chemical industry, more than 7,600 ingredients are used today - and the number keeps growing.
2
Shhh, it's a secret
Some chemical ingredients are kept secret from the consumer - on average, about 14 chemicals per product! Some of them have been linked to hormone disruption and allergic reactions while others have not even been tested.
3
Fun with chemicals
Some chemicals build up in your body and interact with each other. This chemical experiment inside your body has been linked to really scary stuff such as hormone disruption, cancer, and allergy. Check out our health section to learn more.
4
What to do?
Companies dedicated to safe personal care products exist. You can check out the video below to see why it is a good idea to look for them.
Personal care ingredients
The number of personal care ingredients is based by data from the Environmental Working Group's database. The number keeps growing.
Personal / chemical care
- Treehugger: Shocking Report Reveals Secret Chemicals in Popular Perfumes, Is Yours One of them?
- Environmental Working Group Skin Deep database
Shhh, it's a secret
- Environmental Working Group: Not so sexy - hidden chemicals in perfume and cologne
- Treehugger: Shocking Report Reveals Secret Chemicals in Popular Perfumes, Is Yours One of them?
Fun with chemicals
What to do?
Watch a video
The Story of Cosmetics
See some of the bad stuff that is put into our personal care products.
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