Non-Toxic by Aly Cohen

Author:Aly Cohen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Hairdressers also handle many toxic chemicals, including permanent hair dyes containing paraphenylenediamine (PPD; see above section “Lash Lure and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938”), which is linked to liver cancer and immune system dysfunction.46 According to studies, human urothelial and bladder cancers, induced by these toxic chemicals (known as aromatic amines), may remain dormant for more than 20 years before causing noticeable health issues. Researchers subsequently found higher rates of bladder cancer developing in hairdressers who had worked with permanent hair dyes prior to the 1980s. This finding reiterates the concept that chemical exposures earlier in life could have an impact decades later. 47,48

Cosmetologists handle and apply makeup containing harmful metals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium; cosmetics with fragrance (phthalates); and chemical makeup removers with solvents. Actually, mercury is often added intentionally to these products to reduce bacterial contamination. In 2013, researchers showed that lead is pervasive in lipstick, even among the expensive brands. Of the 32 lipsticks analyzed, 75% contained lead at levels exceeding the acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) from all sources, which, as discussed previously, are arbitrarily set high levels not based on current science. High levels of manganese, titanium, aluminum, chromium, and cadmium were also found.49 Since it has been estimated that women swallow an average of about 5 pounds of lipstick over a lifetime, that is a big problem, and still, the FDA has not set limits for lead levels in cosmetics.

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