DANGEROUS CONSTITUENTS IN OUR DAILY COSMETICS

New research examining parabens found in cancerous human breast tissue points the finger at antiperspirants and other cosmetics for increasing the risk of breast cancer.

The research, which is also reviewed in an editorial published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology, looked at where breast tumors were appearing, and determined that higher concentrations of parabens were found in the upper quadrants of the breast and axillary area (armpit), where antiperspirants are usually applied.

Parabens are chemicals that serve as preservatives in antiperspirants and many cosmetics, as well as sun lotions. Previous studies have shown that all parabens have estrogenic activity in human breast cancer cells.

The featured study by Barr et.al. discovered one or more paraben esters in 99 percent of the 160 tissue samples collected from 40 mastectomies. In 60 percent of the samples, all five paraben esters were present. There were no correlations between paraben concentrations and age, length of breast feeding, tumor location, or tumor estrogen receptor content.

Paraben esters are as follows:

·         Propylparabens

·         Methylparabens

·         Buthylparabens

·         Ethylparabens

·         Isobuthylparabens

While antiperspirants are a common source of parabens, the researchers note that the source of the parabens cannot be established, and that 7 of the 40 patients reportedly never used deodorants or antiperspirants in their lifetime. What this tells us is that parabens, regardless of the source, can bioaccumulate in breast tissue.

And the sources are many. Parabens can be found in a wide variety of personal care products, cosmetics, as well as drugs.

 It appears through the skin is the most significant form of exposure; research shows that the liver converts paraben esters taking into the body through drugs into harmless substances.

The safety of parabens has never been established. Its use is depended on a research on rats in 1956.

Two esters of Parabens are in my own body cream. I have always been convinced that lots of additives in our care products and processed foods accumulate to cause us problems.

In the villages people are getting older in good health but the urban areas are filled with middle aged people struggling with one form of disease or the other.

So please be kind and share this information especially with women.

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