Sunday, May 31, 2009

Make sure you know what you're putting on your body.

A recent report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found that Johnson’s Baby Shampoo and other top-selling children’s bath products contain some nasty ingredients, including: formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane.

Both chemicals are known to cause cancer in animals, and The International Agency for Cancer Research has classified formaldehyde as "carcinogenic to humans" and 1,4-dioxane as "possibly carcinogenic to humans". Formaldehyde has also been designated as "toxic" under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act because of its health effects.

Good enough for me both formaldehyd and 1,4-dioxane (not to mention parabens and phalates) stay out of my home.

Tamey
Pure Know How

1 comment:

Emma C said...

I have started a small business of handmade product and it was and still is really difficult to create cosmetics without any chemicals added. Here is the moment when you need to decide which why you are heading. I have decided to sacrifice everything for a natural product (that includes made by order only, short shelf-life, keep in the fridge products, higher price and obviously smaller profits - if ever any!, and lot and lots of work). Plus, I do handmade packing, print own labels, brochures etc).
This is the way you show your customers that you care.
Have a look www.precious-cosmetics.co.uk and give me a like on facebook. spread the news. that's my advertising. try, test and trust.