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What’s Hiding in Your Bathroom?
Avoid the following ingredients in your personal care products/cosmetics:
Type of Product Ingredients to Avoid
Bar soap Triclocarban
Liquid soap Triclosan
Moisturizers, lotions Retinyl palmitate, retinol
Toothpaste Triclosan
Lip glosses and lipsticks Retinyl palmitate, retinol
Shampoo and conditioner
Fragrance, PEG, ceteareth,
polyethylene, parabens
(e.g., propyl paraben),
DMDM hydantoin
Nails
Formaldehyde, formalin, toluene,
dibutyl phthalate
Sunscreen Retinyl palmitate, oxybenzenone
Other Toxic Chemicals
Other toxins that may not have a specific effect on thyroid function but can
burden the body’s ability to detoxify and heal itself include dioxins, which
are found in bleached paper products. Tampons are especially problematic
as they can be absorbed through the vaginal membranes into circulation.
Chemicals used in dry cleaning are extremely toxic and have been associated