Episode 24 — Dirty Thirty Chemicals: The Solvent That Opens the Door for Everything Else

Episode 24 — Dirty Thirty Chemicals: The Solvent That Opens the Door for Everything Else

Hey, welcome back to KeysPure.com's Dirty Thirty. I'm Bob Root. Today we're talking about Propylene Glycol — a solvent, penetration enhancer, and conditioning agent found in a huge variety of personal care products.

Its job sounds benign enough: it conditions skin, controls viscosity, and keeps products from melting in heat or freezing in cold. Great. Useful. Here's the problem.

Like the PEG compounds we covered earlier, Propylene Glycol is a penetration enhancer. It alters your skin's structure, allowing other chemicals to penetrate deeper and reach your bloodstream in higher concentrations. In a product with multiple questionable ingredients, Propylene Glycol is essentially holding the door open for all of them.

Animal studies also show reproductive effects, positive mutation results, brain and nervous system effects, and endocrine disruption. Propylene Glycol appears in everything from moisturizers to shampoos to deodorants. It is one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in conventional skincare — which makes its penetration-enhancing properties all the more concerning.

At Keys, we formulate without penetration enhancers that compromise your skin barrier. Your skin was designed to protect you. We respect that. Visit KeysPure.com for more.

Episode Twenty-Four of the Dirty Thirty — Propylene Glycol, the friendly ingredient that lets the bad ones 

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Episode 24 Dirty 30 Chemicals The Solvent that Opens the door for everything else. Hey, welcome back to Keyspure.com's Dirty30. I'm Bob Root. Today we're talking about propylene glycol, a solvent, penetration enhancer, and conditioning agent found in a huge variety of personal care products. Its job sounds benign enough. It conditions skin, controls viscosity, and keeps products from melting in heat or freezing in cold. Great, useful. Here's the problem. Like the PEG compounds we covered earlier, propylene glycol is a penetration enhancer. It alters your skin's structure, allowing other chemicals to penetrate deeper and reach your bloodstream in higher concentrations. In a product with multiple questionable ingredients, propylene glycol is essentially holding the door open for all of them. Animal studies also show reproductive effects, positive mutation results, brain and nervous system effects, and endocrine disruption. Propylene glycol appears in everything from moisturizers to shampoos to deodorants. It is one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in conventional skin care, which makes its penetration enhancing properties all the more concerning. At Keys, we formulate without penetration enhancers that compromise your skin barrier. Your skin was designed to protect you. We respect that. Visit Keyspure.com for more. Episode 24 of the Dirty 30 Propylene Glycol, the friendly ingredient that lets the bad ones in.