Parabens are class of chemicals used as preservatives in many personal care products including shampoos, shaving creams, moisturizers and skin care products, cosmetics and much much more. Chances are if you look on the label of skin care products you have in your home right now you’ll find them listed.
They are good anti bacterials and anti fungicidals and so are effective preservatives and have been used as preservatives for many years.
But there is now some questioning of the safety of using parabens in our personal products that are applied right onto our skin. Why?
It’s not comforting to know that if you apply a product onto your skin the parabens are absorbed almost immediately and can be found in your blood soon after. That doesn’t prove they’re dangerous though.
But there are studies linking parabens to a range of cancers including breast cancer and other studies have suggested that they may have a hormonal effect on the body. And they have been linked to skin rashes and more. They are thought to disrupt the endocrine system.
But like all of these things none of this is conclusively proven. It’s a tough question of when something is really proven. And the big companies argue tooth and nail that parabens are safe, and we needn’t worry.
But there are still many people who are looking for paraben free skin care products and others on the premise that it’s better not to apply something to the skin when it’s under a cloud.
If there’s some doubt to health just don’t use it.
And you can ask why do the big companies use it when there’s more natural alternatives that work? Because parabens are cheap. It’s about profit.
There are excellent safe natural skin care products and cosmetics that are available right now that don’t have dangerous parabens in them. There really are excellent paraben free skin care products and cosmetics available, right now.
Find out on my website where to source safer alternatives to modern skin care products that actually work better.
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