Parabens
โ Lets revisit the blacklist ingredient Parabens โ
โ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ-๐๐ง๐๐โ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐จ…
Thatโs because the dangers of parabens are well documented, so โparaben freeโ is a clever marketing term for products that most often still contain toxic ingredients. Donโt be fooled, my friends.
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Letโs look closer…
โย Parabens – all of them – ethylparaben, butylparaben, methylparaben, propylparaben, heptylparaben, isobutylparaben and isoproylparaben are used as preservatives that prevent the growth of bacteria, mold, and yeast in topical products. An important job, but read on because they do more than that.
โ๏ธParabens possess significant estrogen-mimicking properties that are associated with increased risk of breast cancer. These chemicals, directly implicated in breast tumors, are ABSORBED through the skin. ๐ผ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ญ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ 99% ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ 60% ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.
โย These same chemicals have also been found to slow the production of sperm and lower the testosterone levels in males.
โ๏ธParabens are still found in thousands of daily use products ranging from drug store brands to high end expensive brands.
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It breaks my heart how commonly used these preservatives still are. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐’๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐!ย โค๏ธ
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