Harmful or Carcinogenic Ingredients Commonly Found in Products       Diethanolamine (DEA) (shampoo, body washes, bubble bath, shaving cream) Triethanolamine (TEA) (moisturizers, cosmetics, deodorant, toothpaste, body oils, washes) Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) (shampoo, bubble bath, shaving foam, cleansers etc) Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) (as above) Propylene Glycol (moisturisers, shaving cream, deodorants, baby products) Sodium Fluoride (toothpaste) Alcohol (mouthwash, toners, baby products) Talc (baby powder, make-up, foot preparations) Glycerine (moisturizers, lotions) PABA (sunscreens) PEG (cosmetics, make-up, shaving cream) Artificial flavours (toothpaste, mouthwash) Artificial colours (make-up, toothpaste, shampoos) Ether (nail treatments, shampoo, conditioner) Coal Tars (shampoo, conditioner, hair dyes, soap, skin care, cosmetics) Aluminium (antiperspirants) Acetone (nail polish remover) Formaldehyde (antiperspirants, nail treatments, perfumes) Fluorocarbons (hair spray) Dioxins (shampoo) Petrolatum or Mineral Oil (baby products, washes) This list is not exhaustive and the above ingredients are found in many more products than just those indicated. Unique Cancer Risk from Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Dr Samuel Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, states that mainstream industry cosmetics and personal care products (CPCPs) are the single most important, yet generally unrecognized, class of avoidable carcinogenic exposures for the overwhelming majority of citizens in major industrial nations. The reason for these unique risks reflects a complex of individual and interactive factors such as: Interaction between different ingredients: even though a specific ingredient might not be in itself a “frank” carcinogen it might be a “hidden” carcinogen that may, under certain conditions, have carcinogenic properties when it combines with other ingredients in a product. Prolonged duration of exposure: the concern is that daily exposure, over a lifetime, of toxic ingredients, many of which are left on skin, has a cumulative negative effect. High permeability of skin: the skin is highly permeable to carcinogenic and other toxic ingredients, especially following prolonged exposure. Effect of wetting agents on skin permeability: the permeability of skin to carcinogens, besides other toxic ingredients, is further increased by the presence of wetting agents or surfactants, probably the most common class of ingredients in the majority of CPCPs. Bypassing detoxifying enzyme: carcinogens in CPCPs pose greater cancer risks than does food contaminated with carcinogenic pesticides and other industrial carcinogens as they are not detoxified by the liver but reach the general blood circulation without this protective detoxification. Frank & Hidden Carcinogens Acrylate acid orange 3 Acrylate copolymers amorphous silicates Benzyl acetate blue 1,2,4 bromonitrodioxane bronopol bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol) butyl benzylphthalate Butylated hydroxyanisole butylated hydroxytoluene Ceteareth-3 chlorhexidine Choleth-24 chrystalline silica coal tar dyes DEA DEA-Cocamide & Lauramide & Oleamide condensates DEA-cocamide/lauramide condensates DEA-MEA/ Acetame DEA-Sodium lauryl sulfate diaminoanisole diaminophenol diaminotoluene diazolidinyl urea Diethanolamide-cocamide, lauramide & oleamide condensates dioctyl adipate disperse blue1 disperse yellow3 DMDM-Hydantoin ethoxylated alcohols ethyl alcohol fluoride formaldehyde glutaral green 1,2,3 hydroquinone Imidazolidinyl urea lanolin Laureth's Methacrylate copolymers Metheneamine methylene chloride Morpholine nitrophenylenediamine Nonoxynol Oleth's Padimate-O (octyldimethyl para-amino benzoic acid) PEG's (polyethylene glycols) polyoxymethyleneurea Polysorbate 60 Polysorbate 80 polyvinyl acetate polyvinyl pyrrolidone p-phenylphenylenediamine pyrocatechol Pyroglutamic Acid Quaternium-15 quaternium-26 red 4,9,17,19,22,33,40 saccharin Sodium/Hydroxymethylglycinate talc TEA TEA-Sodium lauryl sulfate titanium dioxide Yellow 5,6,8 Non-Toxic and Healthy Alternatives Blog - Tips and news on healthy living and avoiding toxic ingredients that harm our family's health. Enroll in Young Living Today!