Hazardous ingredients in home and bath products

Here is just a partial list of the chemicals that are lurking in our ordinary household products:

Aluminum: Alzheimer's Dementia is linked to high concentrations of this. Aluminum is in most antiperspirants, all processed foods, and prevalent in our water supplies. Sodium aluminum phosphate appears in pickles, cheese and baking soda (to keep it from clumping).

Benzene: Inhaling high levels of this can cause Hodgkin's, lymphomas, headaches, rapid heart rate, tremors, confusion, unconsciousness and death. Found in detergents, drugs, pesticides and adhesives.

Benzoic/Benzyl/Benzene: Considered a carcinogenic, endocrine disruptor, cause of birth defects. Found in most shower gels, shampoos, and bubble bath.

Here are some links to articles that give you more details on the type of hazardous ingredients in home and bath products:

Benzoyl Peroxide In acne treatments, bar soap, facial cleansers and food additives. Highly irritating and highly toxic.

Bisphenol A or BPA: A toxic plastic chemical used as a can lining in brands of some baby formulas as well in the formation of plastic baby bottles. Also found in polycarbonate and epoxy plastic water bottles.

Butylparaben: Found in body products, and considered a potential breast cancer agent and endocrine disruptor. Causing concerns for impaired fertility or development, increased risk for certain cancers, itching burning and blistering of skin.

DEA/Diethanolamine: A chemical used as a wetting or thickening agent in shampoos, soaps, hairsprays and sunscreens, blocks absorption of the nutrient choline, which is essential to brain development in a fetus.

Formaldehyde: Suspected carcinogen and neurotoxin, it may be fatal if swallowed, absorbed through skin, inhaled or swallowed. Can cause spasms, edema, chemical pneumonitis and is extremely destructive to tissue of the mucous membrane, this chemical is found in many nail care products. Known to cause cancers in humans and experimental animals. Found in baby shampoo, bubble bath, deodorants, perfume, cologne, hair dye, mouthwash, toothpaste, hair spray, nail polish.

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