10 Harmful Chemicals in Health Products to Avoid

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Attractive packaging strategies added with persuasive advertising tactics can easily hook someone into buying a certain beauty product without knowing what the product contains.

As a matter of fact, some health products contain substances that can potentially negatively affect your skin such as an allergic reaction. Here are several harmful chemicals found in the products according to Boldsky:

1. Coal Tar Dyes

The substances that contain this dye are aminophenol, diaminobenzene, and phenylenediamine. These are identified as carcinogens often found in anti-dandruff shampoo that has been banned by several countries.

2. Formaldehyde

This is another carcinogenic substance that can be found in nail care products, baby shampoos, and soaps, which can potentially cause cancer, skin irritation, hamper growth, and slows down brain growth.

3. Hydroquinone

Many products utilize this substance to help brighten up human skin, which actually has a serious side effect. An animal test found that it could cause tumors.

4. Mercury

This is a common substance in body lotions since it is easily absorbed by human skin.

5. Mineral Water

This may sound wrong, but fact shows that its use on baby oil and moisteners can create a thin film over the skin that could potentially hamper the skin's ability to release toxins.

6. Parabens

This chemical substance can cause cancer, reproductive toxicity, and endocrine disruptions.

7. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

This potentially carcinogenic chemical can be often found in soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, and many more. It may also damage your nerve system.

8. Triclosan

Triclosan can be found in skin cleansers, toothpaste, and deodorants. This chemical can cause harm endocrine, endanger reproductive hormones, and thyroid.

9. Phthalate

Phthalate is able to harm men’s testosterone level and damage reproductive systems other than increasing the risk of contracting breast cancer.

10. Oxybenzone

This chemical substance is sometimes used in health products such as suntan lotions to help protect the skin from UV rays. It can cause skin irritation, hormone imbalance, and damage skin cells.

Yunia Pratiwi