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"But this shot across the bows of industry marked the beginning of nationwide initiatives to protect consumers from undisclosed dangerous ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. A second attempt in the California Legislature in 2005, also vigorously opposed by the cosmetics industry, proved successful. The result was the California Safe Cosmetics Act, which Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law in 2007." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Ineffective management—reducing dangerous ingredients to levels claimed "acceptable" by self-interested industry or complicit regulatory agencies rather than banning them entirely ?solves few real problems and creates many more. The precautionary principle isn't just relevant to the cosmetics and personal care products industry. It's also relevant in the case of genetically engineered food. Industry claims of safety regarding these foods are based on "trust us" assurances rather than published scientific data ?" - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Not only are the claimed anti-aging effects of these Origins products not based on any clinical trials, but when I communicated the list of dangerous ingredients to the CEO of Origins, she responded that she was uninformed about the "scientific technicalities" of what the company's products contained. A senior scientist for Estee Lauder even attempted to challenge evidence on the carcinogenicity of limonene on the irrelevant grounds that a European Council Directive relating to limonene's allergenic effects had made no reference to its carcinogenicity." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Skin Peelers One of the dangerous ingredients are hydroxy acids: alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs), and the less common beta-hydroxy acids (BHAs). AHAs are used in many products —up to 10 percent of moisturizers, 6 percent of sunscreens, and more extensively in anti-wrinkle and anti-aging skin creams —to increase the permeability of the skin. Products that contain hydroxy acids are being used increasingly not just by individuals at home, but in cosmetic salons and even by dermatologists." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Cosmetics manufacturers are now required to disclose dangerous ingredients to the State Department of Health and Human Services, but they are not required to remove them. For a list of companies that have pledged to not use harmful chemicals, visit http://www.safecosmetics.org. For ideas on natural skin care, see the recipes that follow. Natural Skin Care Recipes Citrus Sugar Scrub 2 cups white cane sugar 2 cups vegetable glycerin 1 teaspoon vitamin C crystals 5 drops orange essential oil Combine ingredients in a bowl. Scoop some scrub onto your hand and massage gently over entire body." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Often, they will take the same recipe of an existing product line, slap the word "natural" on it and continue to load those foods up with dangerous ingredients such as monosodium glutamate, artificial colors or even hydrogenated oils. The word "natural" has no meaning whatsoever in the world of food. Food manufacturers can claim practically anything is natural, as long as it came from planet Earth, and there isn't anything in the food supply that didn't come from the Earth originally, even though it may have been chemically modified." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.) "Cosmetics mask the appearance of disease and poor health What people are doing in western culture, instead of addressing these diseases and changing their lifestyles to have healthy circulation and healthy coloration, is slapping on these colored cosmetics containing dangerous ingredients in order to enhance the appearance of their lips, cheeks or eyes, to create more contrast on their face or to cover up blemishes on their skin. It's a perfect metaphor for western culture, which is all about appearances. It's all about covering up the truth hidden beneath the skin." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"The majority of these companies choose to include cheap and potentially dangerous ingredients in their formulations. Popular herbal ingredients to be especially wary of include Psyllium, Cascara sagrada, and Senna. Many other potentially dangerous herbal combinations make their way into herbal cleansers, so be sure to research each and every individual ingredient in any herbal cleanser before putting it into your body. Anaphylaxis: An acute, multi-system allergic reaction that can lead to death in severe cases. Constriction of the airways (resulting in choking) is a common symptom." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"If you are eating many of the dangerous ingredients I have discussed here, you could conceivably improve your health by doing just one thing in this manual while ignoring everything else. If you are suffering from heart disease or cardiovascular disorders, for example, you might choose to simply avoid hydrogenated oils and forget the rest of what you read here. And that would amount to considerable progress. That would be an improvement over your current diet and it would undoubtedly help you overcome the challenges you now face with your health condition." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.) "It took me years to shift my diet to the foods listed below while avoiding all of the metabolic disrupters and dangerous ingredients discussed here. So don't expect your own progress to be instant, and don't hope for overnight miracles. Dietary habits take time to change, and even though you may find that you don't enjoy every one of the food items listed here today, if you revisit those items in a few months or years, you may find them rather enjoyable." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.) "The arrival of the Internet and companies like Truth Publishing (the publisher of this manual) are helping to spread the word about dangerous ingredients like hydrogenated oils. In fact, the ASA has already lost the war, as they are steeped in a defensive retreat even today. People in the know aren't buying margarine products containing hydrogenated oils anymore. The tide is, indeed, turning. Action Item: Don't eat anything made with hydrogenated oils or partially-hydrogenated oils, period. You can read more about hydrogenated oils at: http://www.newstarget.com/hydrogenated_oils." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"The FDA knows that these poisons get into your body via the skin, yet because of the tremendous pressure by lobbyists and politicians, the manufacturers are allowed to put these dangerous ingredients in their products. A Swiss study concluded that five of the most common ingredients in sun screens cause cancer. It is no wonder why the more sun screen you use, the higher the chance that you will get skin cancer. The sun does not cause skin cancer, the sun screens do!" - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

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