Comments on: 3 Reasons Why It’s Ok To Have Toxins in Cosmetics http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sarah http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-55129 Sarah Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:24:10 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/#comment-55129 I know this is an old post, but I couldn't resist (I love reviving a good debate)--the original question about ammonium hydroxide, and the brains comment about it being used up in a reaction reminds me that a lot of drugs are formulated as such-and-such HCl (e.g., fexofenadine HCl for Allegra). The HCl stands for hydrochloric acid. You wouldn't want to take a large amount of hydrochloric acid orally (or even have a large amount of it on your skin). But it's in your stomach naturally in more moderate amounts. It was kind of nicely put in an article on the American Council for Science and Health website, where they write, "the dose makes the poison." This same concept came up in our discussion of chromium oxide greens. Chromium (III) oxide is toxic in overdose (so is iron); in small amounts, it's considered a nutrient and naturally occurs in foods. So don't just think about the WHAT but the HOW MUCH. I know this is an old post, but I couldn’t resist (I love reviving a good debate)–the original question about ammonium hydroxide, and the brains comment about it being used up in a reaction reminds me that a lot of drugs are formulated as such-and-such HCl (e.g., fexofenadine HCl for Allegra). The HCl stands for hydrochloric acid. You wouldn’t want to take a large amount of hydrochloric acid orally (or even have a large amount of it on your skin). But it’s in your stomach naturally in more moderate amounts. It was kind of nicely put in an article on the American Council for Science and Health website, where they write, “the dose makes the poison.” This same concept came up in our discussion of chromium oxide greens. Chromium (III) oxide is toxic in overdose (so is iron); in small amounts, it’s considered a nutrient and naturally occurs in foods. So don’t just think about the WHAT but the HOW MUCH.

]]> By: MsMiss http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-55123 MsMiss Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:32:19 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/#comment-55123 ALL CHEMICALS IS SKEAHWEEE!!! BEWARE OF MAKEUP AND LOTIONS AND FOOD!!! ALL CHEMICALS IS SKEAHWEEE!!! BEWARE OF MAKEUP AND LOTIONS AND FOOD!!!

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-31890 thebeautybrains Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:19:15 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/#comment-31890 So the EWG sloppily puts 13% on one page of their website and 11% on the other. Is this what passes for quality control? Which is it? Everyone has a choice. You don't need to use ANY cosmetic. You can stay clean enough to prevent disease with just soap and water. You are correct that the beauty industry is trying to convince people to buy things they don't really need. Just like almost every other industry. The "Natural" arm of the beauty industry is also trying to get people to buy things that they don't need. There is no proof that these cosmetics are "safer" and they are just as unregulated as the entire cosmetic industry. In fact, most natural products are put out by small companies who follow even less stringent production rules. You are correct too that life expectancy increases aren't related much to cosmetics. They are mostly related to all the SYNTHETIC, non-natural cures developed by the pharmaceutical companies. If we leave it up to nature and natural cures, we'd be dying much earlier in life. So the EWG sloppily puts 13% on one page of their website and 11% on the other. Is this what passes for quality control? Which is it?

Everyone has a choice. You don’t need to use ANY cosmetic. You can stay clean enough to prevent disease with just soap and water.

You are correct that the beauty industry is trying to convince people to buy things they don’t really need. Just like almost every other industry.

The “Natural” arm of the beauty industry is also trying to get people to buy things that they don’t need. There is no proof that these cosmetics are “safer” and they are just as unregulated as the entire cosmetic industry. In fact, most natural products are put out by small companies who follow even less stringent production rules.

You are correct too that life expectancy increases aren’t related much to cosmetics. They are mostly related to all the SYNTHETIC, non-natural cures developed by the pharmaceutical companies. If we leave it up to nature and natural cures, we’d be dying much earlier in life.

]]> By: Concerned http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-31880 Concerned Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:32:58 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/#comment-31880 By the way, life expectancy increased because of improved health care and advances in the medical field, not because people started putting on cosmetic products everyday. By the way, life expectancy increased because of improved health care and advances in the medical field, not because people started putting on cosmetic products everyday.

]]> By: Concerned http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-31879 Concerned Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:25:56 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/#comment-31879 Bottom Line: You do not need cosmetics to "feel better" about yourself or to feel beautiful! Bottom Line: You do not need cosmetics to “feel better” about yourself or to feel beautiful!

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