Should Phthalates Be Removed From Cosmetics?
Phthalates are a type of acid, used to loosen up and soften various products. If you take prescription medicines, use lubricants, or paint, then you may just have had a run in with phthalates and don’t even know it. One of the more popular uses for phthalates is in cosmetics.
Now the question that we need to ask ourselves is, are they safe? Well if it tells you anything, they are already being taken out of many products on the market due to various health concerns. So is it any safer to keep them in cosmetics? Long story short, no. It has been linked to many disorders and one of those is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Obesity! Yes, phthalates has been linked to obesity although the evidence is very loose, it’s still out there. But before we get into the health concerns, let’s talk a bit more about the products that they are thrown in.
In my eyes, anything that is an agent used in plastic should not be directly applied to a person’s skin, which is the arguement that I have been making against botox for years. It has no written all over it. Would you want to put melted rubber on your face just because it looks good, or drink radiation because it makes your breathe smell good? Some people would, but you’d have to be insane to do so. Phthalates are no better.
For hundreds of years, tribes have found natural means of making their own unique cosmetics and I think it’s time we do the same, without the use of all these unhealthy agents, phthalates being one of them. In one other study, exposure to phthalates resulted in damage to the liver and testes. In yet another study, phthalates were linked to allergies in children.
We need to get rid of this, and get rid of it fast. We have other natural cognents at our disposal, and it’s time to use them. Better safe, than sorry!