Episode 20 — Dirty Thirty Chemicals: The Preservatives Found in Breast Tumors

Episode 20 — Dirty Thirty Chemicals: The Preservatives Found in Breast Tumors

Hey, welcome back to KeysPure.com's Dirty Thirty. I'm Bob Root. Episode Twenty is about Parabens — Methyl, Ethyl, Propyl, and Butyl — the most widely used preservatives in the cosmetics industry.

Parabens are in an enormous number of personal care products. They're cheap, they work, and they've been used for decades. They're also a significant concern.

Parabens may alter hormone levels, possibly increasing the risk for certain types of cancer, impairing fertility, or altering fetal and child development. Here is the detail that should give everyone pause: studies have found parabens present in breast tumor tissue. Not in products. In tumors. They are a probable skin toxicant, and animal studies show brain and nervous system effects.

Now, the cosmetics industry will tell you the levels are too low to matter. But parabens are in shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, moisturizer, makeup — sometimes all used in the same morning routine. 

Cumulative daily exposure adds up in ways that single-product safety assessments don't capture.
At Keys, we've been paraben-free since the beginning. Visit KeysPure.com to see what that commitment looks like in a real product line.

Episode Twenty of the Dirty Thirty — Parabens. The most common preservative with the most uncomfortable research.

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Episode 20 Dirty 30 Chemicals The Preservatives Found in Breast tumors. Hey, welcome back to Keyspure.com's Dirty 30. I'm Bob Root. Episode 20 is about parabens, methyl, ethyl, propyl, and butyl, the most widely used preservatives in the cosmetics industry. Parabens are in an enormous number of personal care products. They're cheap, they work, and they've been used for decades. They're also a significant concern. Parabins may alter hormone levels, possibly increasing the risk for certain types of cancer, impairing fertility, or altering fetal and child development. Here is the detail that should give everyone pause. Studies have found parabens present in breast tumor tissue, not in products, in tumors. They are a probable skin toxicant, and animal studies show brain and nervous system effects. Now the cosmetics industry will tell you the levels are too low to matter. But parabens are in shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, moisturizer, makeup, sometimes all used in the same morning routine. Cumulative daily exposure adds up in ways that single product safety assessments don't capture. At Keys, we've been parabin free since the beginning. Visit Keyspure.com to see what that commitment looks like in a real product line. Episode 20 of the Dirty 30 Parabens. The most common preservative with the most uncomfortable research.