USA Should Ban Phthalates–cause infertility, cancer, birth defects

The word PHTHALATES all caps with red line through middle BEWARE of PHTHALATES

They are known to cause: infertility, cancer, birth defects

  • 884 ingredients used in make-up/facial products (moisturizers, etc) are known to the FDA to be toxic
  • In the FDA’s 67 year history, they have only banned SIX (6) ingredients used in cosmetics.

COMPARED to the European Union who’ve banned 450 chemical ingredients.

  • The FDA does not test cosmetics before they are sold.

The US Environmental Protection Agency, has turned its attention to low-dose toxicity of phthalates during crucial windows of fetal development. As these studies have advanced, they have fundamentally changed our perception of potential health risks of phthalates.

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