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M2.2 Personal Care Products

M2.2 Personal Care Products

One product I use almost every day is Lever 2000 Bar soap, Aloe & Cucumber. I use this product, because it smells good, and is the cheapest soap I've found. Unfortunately, this product had an overall score of 5. Specifically, fragrance ranked an 8. This includes allergies, immunotoxicity  miscellaneous, irritations of the skin, eyes, or lungs, organ system toxicity, and exotoxicology. This is especially scary, because the overall fragrance of a product is important to most consumers. This data is compelling enough to make different decisions about my soap preference, even if an alternative soap bar is higher in cost.  BHT, used as a preservative, scored a 4. It can lead to cancer, organ system toxicity, allergies, irritation of skin, eyes, or lungs, endocrine disruption, and/or developmental reproductive toxicity. Petrolatum also score a 4, and can contribute to system toxicity and contamination concerns. Lastly, cocamidoprophyl betaine also scored a 4. This can contribute to allergies, ecotoxicology, and/or contamination. I think this product should have a higher risk rating than what it was given!
One product that I use a few times a week is Crest whitening strips. Overall, this product scored a 2. However, specific chemicals in this product warrants concern. For example, hydrogen peroxide, the main whitening component scored a 5, sodium hydroxide which is used in this case, to neutralize the acidic pH imbalance in this product, scored a 4 and peg-8, a surfacing and emulsifying agent scored a 3. However, sodium hydroxide is also used in oven cleaners, drain cleanings, and oil refining. Now, this does not sound like a chemical I want to be using on my teeth a few times a week anymore!

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