Do You Know What’s in Your Lipstick? What happens to the body
after the skin absorbs certain compounds day after day, year
after year? What happens to the environment as chemicals from
these products are washed down the drain? The average woman uses
9 personal care products daily exposing her to 168 chemicals
each and every day. We absorb, inhale and ingest many of these
chemicals into our bodies. There are links between chemical
exposure and reproductive health and fertility issues and breast
cancer risk. According to the Environmental Working Group, a
non-profit organization, that specializes in providing useful
resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers’ Guide to Pesticides
in Produce) to consumers, 9 out of 10 ingredients used in
personal care products have not been evaluated for safety. The
Dirty Dozen 12 chemical ingredients to avoid in cosmetics and
other personal-care products. 1. Antibacterials: Overuse might
be contributing to increasingly resistant bacteria, and they
contaminate the environment. Tr