The Ingredient Watch List, Harmful Ingredients for your Body
Look out for common moisturizers such as mineral oil, petrolatum and ceresin (wax) (better known as Vaseline, petroleum jelly, or paraffin jelly).
At Start Living Natural we look for the best products for your body that do NOT include the following.
The following ingredients can be toxic to your body:
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Parabens
Concern: Endocrine disruption
Propyl paraben
Isopropyl paraben
Butyl paraben
Isobutyl paraben
Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-like chemicals
Concern: cancer, sensitization
Formaldehyde
Methylene glycol
Formaldehyde releasers
Concern: Contact dermatitis
DMDM hydantoin
Imidazolidinyl urea
Diazolidinyl urea
Quaternium-15
Bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol)
5-Bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane
(sodium) Hydroxymethylglycinate
Polyoxymethylene urea
Methenamine
Glyoxal
Isothiazolinones
Concern: Contact dermatitis
Methylchlorylisothiazolinone
Methylisothiazolinone
Benzoisothiazolinone
Retinyl Palmitate/Retinoids
Concern: phototoxicity
Lead acetate
Concern: cancer, reproductive/developmental toxicity
Triclosan
Triclocarban
Concern: endocrine disruption, ecotoxicity
Toluene
Concern: reproductive and developmental toxicity, respiratory irritation
Phenacetin
Concern: cancer
Thimerosal
Concern: developmental neurotoxicity
Ethanolamines
Concern: asthma, for DEA cancer, reproductive and developmental toxicity.
Monoethanolamine
Diethanolamine
Triethanolamine
2-butoxyethanol
Concern: respiratory and hematopoietic toxicity
Octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC)
Oxybenzone (benzophenone-3)
Concern: endocrine disruption
Hydroquinone
Concern: suspected carcinogen, kidney damage in animals
Styrene
Concern: cancer
Triphenyl phosphate
Concern: endocrine disruption
Cocamide DEA
Concern: cancer (prop 65 listed, concern likely due to DEA contamination)
BHA
BHT
Concern: cancer and developmental effects in animals
Propyl gallate
Concern: incomplete data on reproductive toxicity, some evidence of
endocrine disruption
Carbon black
Concern: cancer, contamination with petrochemicals such as PAHs
Nitro- and polycyclic musks
Concern: endocrine disruption
Musk xylene
Musk ketone
Musk ambrette (synthetic)
Galaxolide
Tonalide
Phantolide
Celestolide
Traseolide
Versalide
Cashmeran
Animal-derived ingredients
Concern: animal welfare
Emu oil
Equine oil
Mink oil
Bithionol
Concern: photosensitization
Chloroform
Concern: cancer
Halogenated salicylanilides
di-, tri-, metabromsalan and tetrachlorosalicylanilide
Concern: dermal toxicity
Hexachlorophene
Concern: neurotoxicity
Mercury compounds
Concern: neurotoxicity
Methylene chloride
Concern: cancer
Vinyl chloride
Concern: cancer
Zirconium-containing complexes
Concern: respiratory and dermal toxicity
Phthalates
Concern: Endocrine disruption/developmental/repro toxicity
Dibutyl phthalate
Dimethyl phthalate
Butylbenzyl phthalate
Diethyl phthalate