Formaldehyde
According to data from the federal Food and Drug Administration, ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ฒ๐๐, a known human carcinogen.
Carcinogen = a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
Cosmetics companies generally donโt dump pure formaldehyde into their formulas. Instead, they take a roundabout route by using what they call โpreservative systemsโ that employ any one of several chemicals, called โformaldehyde releasers.โ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฌ.
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If you donโt want a product that contains a formaldehyde-releasing chemical, you have to play detective and scrutinize the product label… or ask me for help!
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Chemicals in this category include:
๐ซย DMDM hydantoin
โย Imidazolidinyl urea
๐ซย Diazolidinyl urea
โย Quaternium-15
๐ซย Bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol )
โย 5-Bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane
๐ซย Hydroxymethylglycinate.
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๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐.๐., ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. These ingredients are not exclusive to cheap drugstore brands, and can often be found in high end lines as well.
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If you need assistance finding products that are SAFE for you, your family, and your planet… Iโve got you covered! There are farrrrr to many safe and certified organic preservative options nowadays to settle for a carcinogen.
