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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in menstrual products

December 16, 2023 by Captain Organic Planet

The average menstruator will use over 11,000 tampons or sanitary pads in their lifetime. Vaginal and vulvar tissue that touch pads and tampons is highly permeable. Through this permeable tissue chemicals are absorbed without being metabolized, which makes endocrine-disrupting chemicals potentially dangerous when found in menstrual products. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can interfere with human hormones and […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: chemicals, endocrine, endocrine disruptors, health, parabens, phthalates, sanitary pads, tampons, women

Nine out of ten had eight different plasticizers in their urine, study reveals

February 10, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

A number of different chemicals from food, cosmetics, shampoo and skin care products pass through our bodies daily, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health finds. Further analysis is needed to determine the potential health risk. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health have in their EuroMix-study analysed urine from 44 men and 100 women aged 18 […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Bisphenol, glass, parabens, phthalates, plasticizers, urine

Mixed chemicals in beauty products may harm women’s hormones

February 5, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

As we go about our daily lives, we are exposed to many different chemicals that could have negative effects on our hormones. These hormonal changes have been linked to several adverse health outcomes such as breast cancer and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, understanding chemicals that influence hormone levels is important for public health — and particularly […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: breast cancer, chemicals, estrogen, hormone disruptors, hormones, parabens, personal care products, women

Hair products for Black women contain mix of hazardous ingredients

January 22, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

First study to measure range of hormone disrupting chemicals in products used by Black women A new report published in the journal Environmental Research shows that Black women are potentially exposed to dozens of hazardous chemicals through the hair products they use. The study, by scientists at Silent Spring Institute, is the first to measure concentrations of endocrine-disrupting […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: endocrine, endocrine disruptors, hair, hair products, parabens, phthalates, toxic chemicals, women

Prenatal exposure to chemicals in personal care products may speed puberty in girls

December 11, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

Girls exposed to chemicals commonly found in toothpaste, makeup, soap and other personal care products before birth may hit puberty earlier, according to a new longitudinal study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The results, which were published Dec. 4 in the journal Human Reproduction, came from data collected as part of the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: chemicals, girls, parabens, prenatal, products, puberty, shampoo, soap, triclosan

Safer Alternatives to Conventional Hair Color

December 28, 2011 by Captain Organic Planet

Studies have shown that beauticians who are regularly exposed to hair dyes have an elevated risk of bladder cancer. Coal-tar derivatives are included in a vast majority of commercial hair-darkening products. The US government doesn’t do much to regulate hair dyes, although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does warn that several coal-tar ingredients are […]

Filed Under: Cancer, Health Tagged With: coal tar, dye, formaldehyde, hair, hair dye, parabens, skin, study, toxin

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