And you certainly want to be sure to stay away
from known endocrine disruptors.
Not exact matches
The new report,
from a panel of the interagency National Science and Technology Council, says that too little is
known about
endocrine disruptors to say where they rank compared to other environmental problems such as global warming and loss of species habitat.
From this serendipitous discovery, scientists began to explore anew BPA and other chemicals like it,
known collectively as
endocrine disruptors.
Formaldehyde and formaldehyde resin (
known carcinogens), camphor (stains nails yellow), xylene (allergen and possible carcinogen), TPHP and phthalates (both
known endocrine disruptors), ethyl tosylamide (banned in Europe because of its antibiotic properties), and toluene (made
from coal tar, can cause damage to internal organs) are found in conventional nail polish but not these.
And while we don't
know if Paltrow had a part in writing and reporting this Goop article titled «The 8 Best Clean Sunscreens,» it states that chemical sunscreens use ingredients, such as oxybenzone and avobenzone, that are «hormone and
endocrine disruptors... and can interfere with everything
from our reproductive systems to our metabolism.»
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