Even for someone without sensitivities, everyday use of personal care products can lead to “chemical overload,” which may cause allergies or disease, according to a study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
On average, the study found that an adult uses nine different cosmetics each day, with exposes them to about 126 chemicals!
“It is not just the fact that these chemicals are being absorbed through the skin that is worrying,” says Lindsay McManus, an adviser on chemical sensitivity for Allergy UK on EWG.com. “Many of them are perfumed and the fragrance alone can contain 200 chemicals that need not be listed individually on the label, so people don’t know what they are getting.”
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