Update on cancer-causing ingredients found in organic skin care products
You may remember, in the news last year, about the organic skin care and body care products that were found to have the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane and the law suit brought against the companies that refused to change their ingredients.
A follow-up study was done and it showed improved results. However, it also tested some conventional products that were not tested in the original study and found the 1,4-dioxane contaminant present in some of these products.
See the results of the tests here.
What’s important to note is that there are now several different natural and organic standards for skin care and body care products, where in the not so distant past, there were essentially none. Not all of these standards are in agreement about what ingredients should be allowed in skin care products labeled as organic. Many of these standards were written to accommodate companies that were interested in having an organic label without going the distance to provide truly healthy products with only safe and healthy organic ingredients.
Watch a video about the organic products found with cancer-causing ingredients.
The only really safe way to be sure you’re getting truly organic skin care and personal care products is to make sure that the organic label is a true organic label. That would be the USDA Certified Organic label. Any other skin care product label that says certified organic may contain ingredients that are synthetic and derived from petroleum. If you buy a product that does not have the USDA Certified organic label, you must read every ingredient on the ingredients list.
Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
The Ingredients Investigator
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