Here is A List
of Some of the
Frank and Hidden Carcinogens
Found in
Personal Care Products

Check your labels. Do you see any of these potentially toxic, harmful carcinogens in the ingredients list?

Acrylate
acid orange 3
Acrylate copolymers
amorphous silicates
Benzyl acetate
blue 1, 2, 4
bromonitrodioxane
bronopol
bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane- 1,3-diol)
butyl benzylphthalate
Butylated hydroxyanisole
butylated hydroxytoluene
Ceteareth-3
chlorhexidine
Choleth-24
chrystalline silica
coal tar dyes
DEA
DEA-Cocamide & Lauramide & Oleamide condensates
DEA-cocamide/lauramide condensates
DEA-MEA / Acetame
DEA-Sodium lauryl sulfate
diaminoanisole
diaminophenol
diaminotoluene
diazolidinyl urea
Diethanolamide-cocamide, lauramide & oleamide condensates
dioctyl adipate
disperse blue 1
disperse yellow 3
DMDM-Hydantoin
ethoxylated alcohols
ethyl alcohol
fluoride
formaldehyde
glutaral
green 1, 2, 3
hydroquinone
lmidazolidinyl urea
lanolin
Laureth's
Methacrylate copolymers
Metheneamine
methylene chloride
Morpholine
nitrophenylenediamine
Nonoxynol
Oleth's
Padimate-O (octyldimethyl para-amino benzoic acid)
PEG's (polyethylene glycols)
polyoxymethyleneurea
Polysorbate 60
Polysorbate 80
polyvinyl acetate
polyvinyl pyrrolidone
p-phenylphenylenediamine
pyrocatechol
Pyroglutamic Acid
Quaternium-15
quaternium-26
red 4, 9, 17, 19, 22, 33, 4
saccharin
Sodium/Hydroxymethylglycinate
talc
TEA
TEA-Sodium lauryl sulfate
titanium dioxide
Yellow 5, 6, 8

Could You Catch All of these ingredients while shopping for your personal care products?
Or know which ones will interact with another or change during a certain process?

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