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Parabens

โ‡‰ Lets revisit the blacklist ingredient Parabens โ‡‡

โ€œ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ-๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™šโ€ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ…

Thatโ€™s because the dangers of parabens are well documented, so โ€œparaben freeโ€ is a clever marketing term for products that most often still contain toxic ingredients. Donโ€™t be fooled, my friends.

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Letโ€™s look closer…

โŒย 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—๏ธParabens 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. ๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™…๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ค๐™ญ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ 99% ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ช๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ 60% ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.

โŒย These same chemicals have also been found to slow the production of sperm and lower the testosterone levels in males.

โ—๏ธParabens 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. ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š’๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™!ย โค๏ธ

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