Toxic 12 List: A Dozen Dangerous Makeup Ingredients to Avoid. By Tina Kells.
The Toxic 12 List is a buzz phrase that keeps popping up in healthy living circles but nobody is really sure what the term means. While it clearly relates to 12 toxic things, to the casual observer the items in question remain unclear. Time to clear up the mystery.
The list is every bit as sinsister as it sounds and women everywhere should make themselves aware of the dubious Toxic 12. The Toxic 12 List is a list of ingredients that are used in many consumer grooming and beauty products and that are known to be harmful to humans. Some of these Toxic 12 ingredients have even been found in baby products.
The 12 ingredients on the list are most commonly used in makeup and cosmetics leaving many women’s groups puzzled as to why they have not yet been banned. Makeup or cosmetic preparations are used by more than 90% of women over the age of 20 every day. The Toxic 12 List includes pathogens that are known to cause cancer and genetic mutations.
The Toxic 12 List is a consumer awareness brief that identifies a dozen dangerous ingredients commonly found in makeup. The Toxic 12 List was compiled by former Ms. America Susan Jeske and has been offered online without charge to help women protect themselves from toxic beauty ingredients.
1. Benzoyl peroxide
2. DEA (diethanolamine) and MEA (monoethanolamine) and TEA (triethanolamine)
3. Dioxin
4. DMDM hydantoin and imidazolidinyl urea
5. Synthetic Colors and Pigments
6. Parabens (methyl, butyl, ethyl, propyl)
7. FEG (polyethylene glycol)
8. Phthalates 9xenoestrogens)
9. Propylene glycol and butylene glycol
10. Sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth sulfate
11. Sunscreen chemicals like avobensone, benzphenone and PABA
12. Triclosan
Source: Tina Kells from www.nowpublic.com
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