Chemicals that contain in your daily use personal care products.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS) and CDE

There are detergent and surfactant found in many personal care products (soaps, shampoos, bath gels, toothpastes and etc). It is inexpensive and very effective foaming agent, you will even find it in car washes, dish detergents and laundry detergent. They are known irritant that cause hair loss, skin and scalp irritation, and eye irritation. It is well documented that it denatures skin proteins, which cause not only irritation, but also allows environmental contaminants easier access to the lower, sensitive layers of the skin. Some studies also suggested they may be carcinogenic, a cancerous agent.

Preservatives

Paraben
Widely used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. They can be found in shampoos, commercial moisturizers, shaving gels, toothpaste, underarm deodorants and etc. Paraben can cause skin allergy and some scientists believe that it may be correlated with breast cancer, based on a study by UK scientists in which preservative chemicals were found in sample of breast tumors. Their analysis of 20 breast tumors found high concentrations of Parabens in 18 samples. The Parabens found in the tumors indicates it came from something applied to the skin, such as an underarm deodorant, cream or body spray. Thus, we have to carefully select our personal care product, given that breast cancer is a large killer of women and a very high percentage of young women use underarm deodorants.

EDTA
In personal care products, it is added to cosmetics to improve their stability toward air and it also act as a stabilizer to prevent decolouration. EDTA is in such widespread use that it has emerged as a persistent organic pollutant. Study found that both dermal exposure to EDTA in most cosmetic formulations and inhalation exposure to EDTA in aerosolized cosmetic formulations would produce systemic effects.