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"Ingredient labels on nail polish sold in retail stores must now state whether it contains phthalate as an ingredient, although salon nail polish does not have to.) WASH YOUR HANDS! A recent study found that people infected with rhi-novirus, the cause of half of all colds, contaminate many of the objects they touch, leaving an infectious path for those who follow them. The study, conducted in hotel rooms, showed that an adult with a cold who stayed one night in a hotel room left behind residual virus on everything from television remote controls and telephones to light switches and faucets." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Phthalates are often used in nail polish so that it doesn't chip as readily. In the United States, where regulators wait for proof before taking action, a few major cosmetic makers are electing to eliminate phthalates from nail polish since they have had to reformulate their products for the overseas market. Some companies are also producing polish that is free of two chemicals that are equally troubling to environmental public health groups: formaldehyde, a preservative, and toluene, a solvent that helps polish to flow more evenly." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"A rash on the fingertips and eyelids suggests a reaction to nail polish. Diagnosis may be more difficult if a patient is not seen by a dermatologist until weeks after allergic dermatitis's onset. By this time, the dermatitis may have spread well beyond the originally exposed area, and the patient may be hazy about their past product use. In these circumstances, diagnosis generally requires a diagnostic test known as the patch test. In a patch test, a drop of liquid containing a mix of commonly known allergens is applied to the skin." - 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.)

"In the United States, where regulators wait for proof before taking action, a few major cosmetic makers are electing to eliminate phthalates from nail polish since they have had to reformulate their products for the overseas market. Some companies are also producing polish that is free of two chemicals that are equally troubling to environmental public health groups: formaldehyde, a preservative, and toluene, a solvent that helps polish to flow more evenly. Nevertheless, the majority of nail products still contain phthalates, formaldehyde, and toluene." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Or they may just be the telltale cosmetic clue of having used dark-colored nail polish, which can leave a yellow stain behind. But yellow nails can also signal something more serious. Much like yellow eyes and skin (see Chapter 2 and Yellowish Skin, below), yellow nails can point to jaundice. They can also be a sign of AIDS. And yellow nails with a slight bluish base can signal diabetes. But sometimes yellow nails—especially if they grow slowly, are very thick and curved, lose their cuticles, and even fall off—may signal a rare condition aptly named yellow nail syndrome." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Because developing brains are significantly more vulnerable to toxicity than adult brains, children are at great risk from common chemicals used in plastics, adhesives, aluminum, paint, nylon, nail polish remover, and more. In recent years, chemical exposure has increasingly been linked to a variety of "subclinical" mental health symptoms (behavior changes, cognitive decline) as well as neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD), and mental retardation." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"You want to limit your contact with all potenital toxins while you're nursing, so I'd also avoid synthetic perfumes or nail polish. And consider investing in organic nursing pads and organic bedding for yourself as well as for your baby—again, all of these minor routes of exposure might increase the level of contaminants in breast milk. You should also talk to your doula, midwife, and doctor about using Weleda baby care products on you and your baby while breastfeeding, particularly Weleda Nursing Tea." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"They are literally everywhere—in our plastics, food wraps, water, air, spermicides, nail polish, and vaginal lubricants. As if these kinds of environmental exposure were not enough, we women may be smearing carcinogens on our bodies every day unknowingly. Nearly all skin products, deodorants, and cosmetics contain preservatives, known as parabens, that have been linked to breast cancer. Methylparaben has been shown to enter the skin and is concentrated in our fat cells." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"He cited one example: that of dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a plastic additive in the company's Cover Girl nail polish that the European Commission put on the negative list as a potential carcinogen. In 2006, the company removed the substance from its nail polishes in Europe but not in the United States. Just as it reconfigured the strength of detergent to satisfy different consumer desires, cosmetic products were being formulated differently to meet the needs, said Long, "of different national regulations." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"Sweet or fruity breath, or breath that has a sweet chemical or acetone (like nail polish remover) smell, can be a serious warning sign that you have diabetes and that your blood sugar is dangerously out of control. Medically known as diabetic acidosis or diabetic ketoacidosis, this is a medical emergency. If your blood sugar isn't promptly regulated, coma and death may follow. Bad breath was considered a serious disorder in the Talmud, the ancient Jewish scripture. Holy men with halitosis were forbidden to carry out holy rites." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Most kinds of house paint are less toxic than what you find in nail polish," said Cora Roelofs, assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Health & Environment and a researcher who specializes in health problems associated with nail salon employees, in a 2007 interview with Tlte Nation magazine. Professor Roelofs makes an important point that the health hazards in nail salons and their products are not just the effects of individual chemicals: "we do not understand how these chemicals interact with each other in the salon environment." - 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.)

"These include polishes, window and oven cleaners, insecticides, cosmetics, nail polish and remover, glues, etc. Use only in well ventilated areas. Don't buy expensive aerosol cleaners, make your own with natural ingredients. Disconnect your automatic gas stove pilot light—a constant source of gas seepage—and keep gas use to a minimum. In just one hour cooking at 180°C a gas oven emits enough carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide fumes to trigger an allergic attack. Use lead-free paint and petrol. Wash your clothes (and your dishes) in detergent-free biodegradable washing soda or soap." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Phthalates are used in deodorant, hair gel, mousse, hairspray, shampoo, lipstick, mascara, nail polish, and perfume, as well as in fragrances. These ingredients are often hidden, remaining undisclosed on product labels. Even though phthalate-free products are just as effective as those containing phthalates, these chemicals are used in concentrations as high as 10 percent in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other plastics for storing and packaging food. Phthalates have been well-known as hormone disrupters since 1980, when dibutyl phthalate was shown to cause testicular atrophy in rats ( 2)." - 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.)

"The Dtug Enforcement Administration restricts sale of the solvent for drug manufacture or ingestion, but this does not ban its use for "valid" commercial purposes, one of which is as a key component of "acetone-free" nail polish removers. Additional chemical additives may or may not detet tecteational use of the acetone-free products, but childhood ingestions of nail polish remover have led to more than one case of coma from GHB.67 old hazards remain Amid all these new threats, old hazards remain as well." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"The quick fix is to coat the offending piece with clear nail polish, which offers most people suitable short-term protection. RASHES • Itching for Aromatherapy If you suffer from an itchy, bothersome rash but don't want to smell like a commercial, mentholated, medicinal cream, try an essential oil mix instead. For sweet-smelling relief, massage into the skin one drop of lavender oil, a gentle first-aid remedy for rashes and stings. Or put a drop or two of chamomile oil, which contains the anti-inflammatory agent azulene, on the infected area." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) "In addition to avoiding acid-cured floor finishes (which ranked highest of non-pressed-wood products which are known for formaldehyde emissions), it would be wise to avoid using nail polish, and to wash all new clothing before wearing it. If it's impossible to avoid formaldehyde exposure, it's important to ensure good ventilation." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"If you wear nail polish, use a base coat underneath it to prevent yellowing. Q Use nail polish removers as little as possible. They contain solvents that leach lipids from the nails and make them brittle. These solvents are also potentially highly toxic and can be absorbed through the skin. If you need to use a polish remover, use one that contains acetate instead of acetone. Q Never apply polycrylic or other artificial nails over your own. They may look nice for a while, but they destroy the underlying nail." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"A parallel tradition arose in China, where the wealthy wore nail polish fashioned from beeswax, gelatin, gum Arabic, and egg whites, and only the nobility were allowed to paint their nails gold and silver, which signified the wealth of precious metals. By 500 B.C., Greek women were applying lead and chalk powder to their faces and crushed mulberries as rouge. Roman women later adopted these practices and added the use of red lipstick made from ochre clays. "A woman without paint is like food without salt," wrote the Roman playwright Plautus (254-184 B.C." - 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.)

"We can identify chemicals in cosmetics, nail polish, plastics, household cleaners, dry cleaning, and foods. A survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals) is currently underway, which monitors 145 chemicals in 2,500 people in the United States." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Procter & Gamble, like hundreds of other cosmetic companies operating in Europe, was for the first time compelled to prepare "safety portfolios," to be made available on demand to European health authorities, for the ingredients in its mascara, lipstick, hair dye, shampoo, shaving cream, skin cream, perfume, deodorants, nail polish, tanning lotion, and other products. Every quarter, a committee of toxicologists drawn from universities and laboratories across Europe, known as the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products, convenes in Brussels to review those ingredients." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.) "The EWG found hundreds of varieties of skin and tanning lotions, nail polish and mascara and other personal-care products that contain known or possible carcinogens, mutagens, and reproductive toxins. Ninety-nine percent of the products on the market contained one or more ingredients that had "never been publicly assessed for safety." Sixty percent of the products tested contained potential endocrine disrupters, and a third had ingredients that "limited evidence" suggested could be carcinogens. No one before had even looked." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"Don't use makeup, hair sprays & coloring products or nail polish. Especially when pregnant! Enjoy your own body and not the image that the media says you should want. Avoid using strong chemicals, glues, paints, nail polish and remover, floor & carpet cleaners. Get rid of all those name brands and use earth friendly products sparingly. If you must use chemicals, then wear industrial quality, gloves, eye protection and a mask with filters approved for each chemical being used. Once again ... Definitely NOT when your pregnant!" - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"Avoid highly-toxic cosmetic treatments like hair color and nail polish. •* Do not put anything on your skin that you would not eat. Your skin absorbs chemicals, meaning that any chemicals you put on your skin eventually end up in your bloodstream. Never write on your skin with permanent markers, pens or ink of any kind. Do not let others "stamp" your skin with ink. Supporting your liver through nutrition and natural medicine Protecting your liver is only part of halting liver disorders. The second part is supporting your liver. How do you support your liver function?" - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"That dibutyl phthalate in its Cover Girl nail polish, he said, was now being taken out of its U.S. Cover Girl formulation, though he insisted the company still does not believe the substance was dangerous. He said the switch was because "American consumers expressed a preference for the European version over our American formulation."20 "Glocalism" was taking a curious turn: The EU's Health and Consumer Protection Directorate was, in effect, displacing the FDA as the reigning authority governing cosmetic formulation." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"There's no shortage of possibilities for green cosmetic chemistry innovation, in chemist Amy Cannon's view. nail polish, for instance: pigments, solvents, dispersants, stabilizers, plasticizers and resins all present opportunities for reform. Could resin be made inherently sticky, thereby eliminating the need for plasticizers? Maybe we could check in with the peacocks; they've already figured out how to create brilliant colors by refracting light through a matrix of keratin, the same substance human fingernails are made of. "Why are we still talking about chemicals and paint?" - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"One manufacturer came up with a topical prescription antifungal medicine that is applied like nail polish. Penlac (ciclopirox) was approved by the FDA for the treatment of mild to moderate nail fungus. Like most of the home remedies we've already discussed, Penlac requires a lot of persistence. It needs to be applied to the affected nail, including between the nail and the skin, every day. It can cause redness or irritation, and it may take up to 6 months to produce results." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"The parents did telephone a poison control center, but in the call the product was misidentified as a far less toxic acetone nail polish remover. The parents were reassured, and the child was put to bed. He was found dead in his crib the next morning. Autopsy testing verified lethal cyanide levels. Other reports soon followed of additional cases of profound toxicity after ingestion of even tiny amounts of the nail remover by small children. Poison control centers, having been alerted to the danger, acted quickly to recommend antidote therapy, and the exposed children survived." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.) "Additional chemical additives may or may not detet tecteational use of the acetone-free products, but childhood ingestions of nail polish remover have led to more than one case of coma from GHB.67 old hazards remain Amid all these new threats, old hazards remain as well. As a solvent for rubber cement, benzene has not been entirely removed from commerce either in the United States ot in Europe. Not surprisingly, in developing economies benzene is often minimally regulated, if at all." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"The Los Angeles-based company is the largest manufacturer of nail polish and nail treatment products worldwide. This put OPI at the top of the list of toxic offenders. Day in and day out, women who work in nail salons — often women of color who are of childbearing age — were being exposed to hazardous chemicals that were a risk to developing fetuses. As the labor-union saying goes, when you're pregnant, every day is take your kid to work day." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

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