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"Congress to enforce the FDA's compliance with the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act helped inspire California Assemblywoman Judy Chu to introduce landmark legislation, in 2004, that would have banned the use of phthalates and required disclosure of all carcinogenic, hormone-disruptive, and otherwise toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, including their hidden use in perfumes and fragrances. Backed by a coalition of consumer, women's, occupational, and church groups, but opposed by mainstream industry interests, the legislation failed to pass." - 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.) "Hollywood films and their glamorous players became the engine generating much of the consumer demand for wider choices in cosmetics and personal care products. Polish immigrant Max Factor, known as the father of modern make-up, specialized in developing products for movie actors, and later introduced these creations to the general public with the marketing pitch that "every girl could look like a movie star" if she just used his cosmetics." - 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 March 2008, the OCA and Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps issued "Cease and Desist" letters to organic cheaters that had misbranded their products as "organic" on labels. International ECOCERT Standards France-based certification association ECOCERT's "International ECOCERT Standards for Ecological and Organic Cosmetics" were developed in 1995, and have since been expanded and formalized (. ECOCERT requires that "Certified Organic" products contain 95 percent or more organic ingredients, excluding added water." - 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.) "Also, "The prevalence of asthma (in the U.S.) has been increasing since the early 1980s for all age, sex, and racial groups," reports the National Institutes of Health's Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and that jump in the incidence of asthma coincides with the immense surge of fragrances being added to consumer products in the 1970s and '80s. (7) Allergens are not, however, the only, or even the most serious, danger of perfumes and fragrances." - 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.)

"Phthalates are widely used to make plastics and in personal care products. They are endocrine disrupting and medical literature suggests they may be linked to some reproductive defects in the male fetus. As many personal care products are targeted to teenage girls in puberty and women of childbearing years, phthalates are gaining attention as a possible cancer-causing chemical that should be avoided. • Pesticides have been reviewed by European and North American studies and are linked with an increased rate of leukemia in children." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Pesticides and other chemical toxins as found in non-organic foods, conventional household cleaning products, commercial beauty products, hair dyes (see information below), shampoos, skin lotions, and other personal care products, overtax and suppress the immune system when all its energy and resources are needed to heal the cancer. Especially avoid cosmetics with aluminum bases, mineral powders that contain bismuth and aluminum-laden antiperspirants which are known to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by as much as 300!" - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"This particular ingredient has been found in over 600 home and personal care products. These products include shampoos, conditioners, bubble baths, lotions, cosmetics, soaps, laundry and dishwashing detergents. It is just one of an estimated 125 ingredients used in home and personal care products that have been proven to cause cancer. Dr. Samuel Epstein, author of The Safe Shopper's Bible, and founder of the American Coalition to Prevent Cancer, is considered the world's leading authority on toxicology. He believes that DEA categorically causes cancer." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Reduce or eliminate the use of toxic household and personal care products (aluminum-containing underarm deodorants, antacids, petrochemical-/and toxin-containing creams and cosmetics, and pots and pans. Avoid or minimize exposure to bright and fluorescent lit areas. Use subdued full-spectrum/natural incandescent bulbs or candlelight as much as possible. Get Your Fluids Moving In addition to exercise, which is a powerful natural detoxifier, you can include the following in your UltraMind program. Remember the only way toxins have to get out of your body is through urine, stool, and sweat." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Among the most damaging personal care products are those that are scented, including cologne, deodorants, lotions, creams, bath salts, shampoo, cosmetics, soaps, body powders, and oils. Scented products can contain up to 5,000 different chemicals in various combinations, the vast majority of which have had little or no human toxicology testing. Cosmetics contain not only fragrances (with all their component chemicals) but also metal salts. Mascara and eyeliners may contain lead or coal tar dyes, which are also found in hair dyes." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "The average adult uses about nine personal care products a day, totaling about 126 chemicals. At least one-third of these ingredients have been noted to cause cancer or some other serious health problem. Three common myths we falsely believe are 1) that the government would not let us be exposed to anything harmful; 2) that labels tell the whole story; and 3) that toxins are harmless in small amounts. Synergies are the interactions that occur when two or more toxins are combined." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Natural beauty and personal care products made without added chemicals or unnecessary ingredients can usually be found in most health food stores. I'm a huge fan of Aubrey Organics, which sells a great line of all natural shampoos, conditioners, body lotions, makeup, and even baby and pet products. By using natural preservatives such as vitamin E and grapefruit seed extract, they avoid the addition of chemical preservatives. The following are the top ten synthetic cosmetic ingredients to avoid. Aubrey Hampton calls them the "10 most wanted"; I recommend visiting the site at www.aubrey-organics." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "They are widely used in all forms of industry, agriculture, food processing, cosmetics, personal care products, household products, and so on. Most of us are familiar with what happens when we want a newer, faster computer or digital device that's been outdated by new technology. We have to discard the old hardware, which becomes electronic waste—and a main source of lead, mercury, cadmium, and chromium. Today the speed of technology and the rapid turnover of electronic products in our disposable society makes for an ever-mounting pile of metallic waste to contend with." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"As many personal care products are targeted to teenage girls in puberty and women of childbearing years, phthalates are gaining attention as a possible cancer-causing chemical that should be avoided. • Pesticides have been reviewed by European and North American studies and are linked with an increased rate of leukemia in children. Atrazine, a chemical found in household weed killers, is the most widely used herbicide in the United States. It impacts reproduction in frogs. Atrazine is banned in France, Germany, Sweden and Italy." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Note, however, that essential oils can be reactive to synthetic compounds found in personal care products that have been applied to the body. What might appear to be an allergic rash may in fact be an interaction of the essential oils and these synthetic compounds that are in the fatty subdermal layers of the skin or in the blood. If you use a lot of personal care products, you might consider testing a small amount of essential oil on your skin. If you get an allergic reaction, immediately apply a vegetable oil to remove the essential oil. Do not use soap and water." - Tom Woloshyn, The Complete Master Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing the Benefits of The Lemonade Diet (Get the book.)

"It is a safety guide for cosmetics and personal care products. Go to www.cosmeticdatabase.com and check the cosmetics you use. Some hthalates and parabens Banned by the European Union in 2003, phthalates and group of chemicals commonly used as preservatives in co >m< tory tests found phthalates in more than 70 percent of beauty products tested—including the most popular brands skin care products and every single fragrance tested. Both onstrated to be carcinogenic and particularly linked to brejast cancer. parabens are a . Labora-the health and of hair and have been dem- 5." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"You may want the most natural personal care products. You may eventually want to make your own shampoo out of natural ingredients. The rule of thumb is this: Never put on your body what you wouldn't want in your body. You may elect to get the mercury out of your teeth. I know of one man who went on a 100% raw diet. His body finally got around to detoxifying his oral cavity, including his teeth. He had a lot of problems until he got all the mercury out. Make sure a dental dam is placed in your mouth during the procedure to prevent swallowing the mercury that is being removed." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Take another step to detoxify your home and clean up your personal care products. SLEEP BEAT O Stay on your new sleep schedule and continue n^t using an alarm clock. • Open your heart more. Practice the Supported Savasana on page 105 for 10 to 15 minutes. When you are in the pose, watch your breath. If negative thoughts interrupt you, practice thinking again. Aim for being with what is: the stiff back, the tight shoulders, a sore knee, your belly, your engender a sense of gratitude for your body. For worse, it is your home. ankles." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "In an extensive report dated May 2006, Friends of the Earth strongly recommends a moratorium on the further release of sunscreens, cosmetics, and personal care products containing engineered nanomateri-als and the withdrawal of such products currently on the market until adequate safety studies have been completed and adequate regulations have been put in place to protect the general public. Are you scared yet? I must admit that researching this and revisiting these facts scared me all over again." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "According to the Environmental Working Group, the average American is exposed to more than a hundred different chemicals from personal care products every day.2 And although the cosmetic industry asserts that its products are safe, 89 percent of the ingredients used in cosmetics today have not been assessed by either the FDA or the industry itself.3 This is because there are major gaps in public health laws that allow cosmetics companies to use almost any ingredient they choose with no restrictions and no requirement for safety testing." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"COSMETICS: SEE personal care products. PAPER: HEALTH TREASURES, pH paper 265 S W Port Saint Lucie Blvd., Port Saint Lucie, FL 34984. www.healthtreasures.com/ph-paper.html, www.sneeze.com Inexpensive rolls of pH testing paper. THE GREEN FIELD COMPANY 619.338.9432 Organic non-chemically treated cotton paper www.greenfieldpaper.com. PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS: Categories include general, infants, women- (cosmetics, fragrances, tampons), GENERAL: COASTLINE PRODUCTS 800.554.4112 P.O. Box 6397, Santa Ana, CA 92706. Personal care and household products. INFANTS: EARTHLINGS 805.646." - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"John Bailey, told the New York Times that the chemicals being singled out by environmental groups are present in such small amounts in personal care products that they pose no threat to human health. He compared them to salt in cooking. "A little salt on your peas or tomatoes can be good," Dr. Bailey said. "But a lot of salt can have adverse health effects on your blood pressure, and too much can be fatal."24 Unfortunately, mixtures of chemicals with various toxic properties become more complicated than salt." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Overcoming this condition calls for serious changes in a person's life, including eliminating processed foods, chemical food ingredients, toxic personal care products and day-to-day stress. Sunlight, water, moderate exercise and superfoods nutrition will prove valuable tools in overcoming this complex condition. Products to consider for fibromyalgia Baseline Nutritionals Colon Corrective and Proteolytic Enzymes (www.BaselineNutritionals.com) Foundation Formula (www.ForeverWell." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"It is just one of an estimated 125 ingredients used in home and personal care products that have been proven to cause cancer. Dr. Samuel Epstein, author of The Safe Shopper's Bible, and founder of the American Coalition to Prevent Cancer, is considered the world's leading authority on toxicology. He believes that DEA categorically causes cancer. Yet even though the FDA knows that this ingredient, as well as many others, leads to cancer, it remains in the products you buy. Why? Because the multinational conglomerates that own these companies want you to get cancer." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"How to Avoid Cancer from Cosmetics and Personal Care Products: and the 2005 Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War. He has contributed numerous editorials and letters to leading national newspapers, and has published over 100 press releases, over the last decade, on the politics of cancer, and on avoidable causes of cancer, particularly in consumer products. Dr." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "How to Avoid Cancer from Cosmetics and Other Personal Care Products: The Neways Story, 2005. Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War, 2005. About the Author Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., D. Path., D.T." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"She holds patents in the United States from her work at this firm that supplies chemicals used in personal care products to some of the leading cosmetic companies in the country. Globally, the market for cosmetics is huge—more than $ 100 billion a year. With prosperity comes an interest and a capacity to spend money on ways to enhance appearance. You know how some shampoos leave the hair shiny and smooth?That's because they contain things that bond to the surface of the hair shaft, leaving it silky and under control." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "She spoke often and vociferously, on radio and television, about the need to reduce the toxic materials found in personal care products. Her efforts to bring public attention to vinyl chloride and its dangers did not go unnoticed. "After I began talking to the media about what I'd gone through, the company threatened me and said that if I discussed this publicly, they would sue me for slander." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "From studies conducted over the past three decades, we know that personal care products such as lotions, dyes, nail polishes, skin treatments, hair products, oils and creams can contain hormones and substances that act like hormones. Some hospitals sell discarded placentas to companies that put them into cosmetics that are marketed as creating especially soft skin and hair. The placenta, through which all nutrients pass from the mother to the growing fetus, is packed with pregnancy hormones." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"According to a 1997 survey by the California Air Resources Board, more than 220 tons of personal care products were sold daily in the state, including 52 tons of hair spray, 24 tons of styling gels, 12 tons of fragrance and more — enough products to fill two tanker trucks per day with cosmetic chemical compounds, in just one state.26 An Ounce of Prevention If any of us went knocking on the neighbors' doors inquiring about health problems, what would we find? Who of us doesn't have a family member or close friend suffering from asthma, learning disabilities or cancer?" - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Leadership and Activism Safe Cosmetic Campaign Be sure to support their campaign to eliminate harmful ingredients from cosmetics and personal care products. www.safecosmetics.org FIVE Plant a Tree Flooring Cork and Bamboo www.sustainableflooring.com Marmoleum www.marmolelumstore.com Recycled Wood Flooring www.oldgrain.com www.vitangelumber.com www.trestlewood.com Uncommon Goods www.uncommongoods.com Paper Companies International Paper www.ip.com New Leaf Paper www.newleafpaper.com Pot Latch www.potlatchcorp." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

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