Hidden Dangers of Skincare Products

Did you know that over 80% of all beauty products, and over 93% of all hair care products available today are made with chemical ingredients?

市面上超过80%的护肤产品、及超过93%的头发用品都含有毒性的化学成分，而成分会直接被皮肤吸收直达血管及器官！

Carcinogens in skincare products

护肤品之致癌物质

The following list of chemicals is a guide to enable you to check the skincare products that you purchase.下列的化学物质名单，能为你在选择护肤及化妆品时作出指引。

请自行审阅产品的成分。

Direct Carcinogens 直接致癌物质

Benzyl Acetate

Butyl Benzylphthalate

Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHA)

Butylated Hydroxytuoluene* (BHT)

"Coal Tar Dyes" (and Lakes) D & C Red 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19 & 33, Green 5, Organge 17, FD & C Blue, 1, 2 & 4, Green 3, Red 4 & 40, Yellow 5 & 6

Crystalline Silica

Diaminophenol

Diethanolamine (DEA)

Dioctyl Adipate

Disperse Blue 1, Disperse Yellow (colourants)

Fluoride

Formaldehyde

Glutaral

Hydroquinone

Methylene Chloride

Methylisothiazolinone & Methylchloroisothiazolinone

Nitrophenylenediamine

p-Phenylenediamine (following oxidation)

Saccharin

Endocrine (Hormonal) Disruptors 影响荷尔蒙物质

Parabens

-methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl (also know as hydroxylmenthyl benxoates); many studies have shown the parabens get absorbed into the blood stream & disrupt the hormonal system. They may be associated with breast cancer.

防腐剂

-methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl (又称hydroxylmethyl benzoates),是最常用的防腐剂；多项研究显示Parabens能被血管吸收，影响荷尔蒙系统，可能与乳癌有关。

Methy-paraben, Ethyl-paraben, Propy-paraben, Butyl-paraben, Benzophenone-3, Butyl-Benzyl Phthalate, Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylmethoxydibenzoylmethane (B-MDM), Dibutyl Phthalate, Diethyl Phthalate, Homosalate (HMS), Methyl-benzylidene Camphor (4-MBC), Octyldimethyl-PABA (OD-PABA), Octyl-methoxycinnamate (OMC), Resorcinol.

Formaldehyde Precursors 甲醛前体

Highly toxic, neurotoxic, genotoxic & carcinogenic, which react with other chemicals in the product to release formaldehyde (used to preserve dead bodies).

含高毒素及致癌成分、毒害神经及遗传基因，当甲醛前体与其他化学物产生反应便会释放出甲醛（保护尸体用的防腐剂）。

2-bromo 2-nitropropane-1, 2-diol, Diazolidinyl Urea, DMDM-Hydantoin, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Metheneamine, Quatemium-15, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate.