Can you feel secure about the safety of the ingredients in the natural skin care products you buy from companies that sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics?
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a good idea. It creates an awareness of the lack of regulation of cosmetic, personal care and skin care products in the U.S. However, it’s not perfect. Companies may sign the “Compact” and still produce organic and natural skin care products that contain harmful ingredients.
For example, if you take a look at the list of companies named in the lawsuit by Dr. Bronners and the Organic Consumer’s Association for the presence of the carcinogenic contaminant, 1,4-dioxane, you’ll find that six of the eight companies have actually signed the “Compact for Safe Cosmetics.” They are:
* Avalon Organics
* Jason Pure, Natural & Organic
* Nature’s Gate Organics
* Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic
* Giovanni Organic Cosmetics
* Head Organics
Some notable companies proclaiming to produce natural skin care products that are missing from the list of signers include:
* Origins
* Pink Body
* Arbonne
* Melaleuca
* Yves Rocher
* Aveeno
Most of these companies do manufacture their products with ingredients that are better left out of products we feed our skin, in spite of the fact that they claim to be natural, organic and healthy. Pink Body makes it so difficult to find a list of their ingredients that I can only assume that they are hiding something. I’ll check them out the next time I go to the mall.
Now, not signing the Compact for Safe Cosmetics does not absolutely mean that the products are unsafe. In many cases, it is an indication that some companies are not willing to go the mile to produce healthy skin care products, even though they proclaim that they do so, but that is not always the case.
So, the bottom line, as always, is to read the ingredients list for every natural skin care product you buy, every time you buy.
Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
The Ingredients Investigator
Protecting You From Harmful Ingredients…
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