Be Careful What Cosmetics You Use

Many of us use cosmetics, daily, without thinking about what chemicals are actually in them.  In the past 10 years, we have seen an explosion in the prescription of thyroid and other endocrine medications in our female patients.  I believe this is due, in part, to the widespread use of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the cosmetics and manufacturing industry.

Many of us, over the age of 55, remember the problems with the use of DDT and DES, both endocrine disrupting chemicals.  DDT almost completely devastated the raptor and robin population in this country and DES caused breast and ovarian cancer as well as female babies ( as young as 9 months old) to lactate!  However, there are a host of other equally potentially damaging chemicals in widespread use that have not been banned by the FDA.  Some of these chemicals are commonly used in our cosmetics--parabens and phthalates, for example.

I am including a website that I think contains very valuable information concerning this topic for those of you using commercial, non-organic based cosmetics.   http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

100 percent pure is an online company that offers lip sticks, cosmetics, lovely eye shadows and bath and body products that are all certified organic.  I posted their website on my Facebook page some months ago.  I highly recommend you check out their website.  http://www.100percentpure.com

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