PHTHALATES

Phthalates are ENDROCRINE DISRUPTORS (pesticides)

They are added to a product to help it become more flexible, smooth, soft, or “silky”.

     

  In such products as:

      

Cosmetics         Personal Care        Baby lotions & shampoos

 

TOYS           Vinyl Flooring       Medical Supplies      Perfumes

 

Nail Polish        Hair Care               Plastics        Sun Care  

                              

BABY: Toys, bottles, pacifiers and more!

          

LIST of products    with moderate to high  levels of phthalate:

 

Why are they so bad?

 
  • Animal studies have suggested that phthalates can cause reproductive birth defects and some activists believe they may cause reproductive problems in boys and early puberty in girls.
  • The chemicals often don't appear on product labels. That's because retail products aren't required to list individual ingredients of fragrances, which are a common phthalate source.
  • Evidence that chemicals widely used in cosmetics and plastics and found in pregnant women are adversely affecting genital development in their infant boys. (University of Minnesota, 5/2005)
  • "There is an obvious need for laws that force the beauty industry to clean up its act," Stacy Malkan of Health Care Without Harm.
  • "The bottom line is that these chemicals likely do exist in products that we're commonly using on our children and they potentially could cause health effects," Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, a University of Washington pediatrician.
 

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