{"id":992,"date":"2014-09-24T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imageliteinternational.com\/beware-the-cosmetics-aisle\/"},"modified":"2021-08-25T17:43:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T17:43:43","slug":"beware-the-cosmetics-aisle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imageliteinternational.com\/beware-the-cosmetics-aisle\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Beware the cosmetics aisle!&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"992\" class=\"elementor elementor-992\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98f49ea elementor-section-height-min-height pagebanner-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"98f49ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-ddddf4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddddf4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67f7fc2\" data-id=\"67f7fc2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd5bb00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd5bb00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Beware the cosmetics aisle!\" <\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d03e4 blogpost-meta elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"f9d03e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-0c250ec elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/imageliteinternational.com\/author\/angeledesgagne\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">POSTED BY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAng\u00e8le Desgagn\u00e9\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-852fdd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"852fdd8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-58e2ee4\" data-id=\"58e2ee4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c78c6 listing_block elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c78c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-content clearfix\">How safe are your everyday toiletries?<\/h2><p>By Amy Anastasopoulos<br \/>Editor of Health &amp; Wellness<br \/>ProTem, Glendon\u2019s Bilingual Newspaper<\/p><p>You wake up in the morning and head for the washroom. You wash your face. You wash your hair with shampoo and perhaps conditioner. You scrub your body with soaps and gels. You moisten with lotions, potions, and powers, add deodorant, hair de-frizzers, gels, hairspray, and curling \/ straightening creams. Many ladies will also add foundations, powders, mascara, eyeliners and shadows, and lipstick. Add some cologne or perfume. Don\u2019t forget to brush those teeth!<\/p><p>By the time you\u2019re finished, you\u2019ve slathered, coated, and sprayed yourself with a handful of different products. And if you\u2019ve ever looked at the ingredients list of those products, you\u2019ll know that many of them have lengthy, unpronounceable names. Light reading it isn\u2019t! But have you ever stopped to wonder what the heck those ingredients actually are? What do they do?<\/p><p>And get this: only 11% of skincare products have been tested for safety\u2026that leaves 9000 untested ingredients just lurking in your everyday toiletries! Some are allergens, others irritants, and there\u2019s also the possibilty that some are toxic and cancerous. Take nanoparticles, for example. They go by the fancy names of crystals, beads, or microspheres, but they\u2019re actually non-washable. Instead of being swept down the drain in the shower, they burrow into your skin, find their way into your red blood cells, and invade the brain. Long-term consequences? Unknown. Sounds like something you want to stay away from, right?<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imageliteinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shampoo-bottles.jpg\" alt=\"how safe are your toiletries\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"8\" \/>How about petrolatum? More commonly known as petroleum jelly, it\u2019s found in everything from shampoos, conditioners, and moisturizers to Styrofoam and gasoline. Yup! The stuff you\u2019re putting in your car is also what you\u2019re rubbing your scalp with! It can sometimes be contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and studies have shown that exposure to PAHs is associated with cancer. In the European Union, use of petrolatum in cosmetics has been banned unless its full refining history is known and it is proven to be non-cancerous. Such a restriction does not exist in Canada.<\/p><p>Now this isn\u2019t meant to scare you away from buying products or to imply that there\u2019s an immediate threat to your heath and safety, but you should stop and think about your own personal care and cosmetic habits. 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