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Putting on Cancerous products everyday? Toothpaste to Shampoo

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by tested911, Jul 24, 2007.

  1. tested911

    tested911 Member

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    I found out about a website called Cosmeticdatabase.com. A very informative website about every day products from Toothpaste, Shampoo, Soap, Deodorant, make up, etc... What the website basically does is break down every ingredient and explains in small detail about and how dangerous ( cancerous) it can be..

    FDA doesn't require companies to test their own products for safety.
    "Due to gaping loopholes in federal law, companies can put virtually any ingredient into personal care products."

    Is this webstie Bogus? I mean how come I never new about this stuff... Now my wife is changing everything we use lol...
     
  2. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    There is almost always some kind of carcinogen in almost every thing in the world. In fact many naturally occuring carcinogens are in the produce we eat. These occur naturally.

    You have to be careful, however, and take into account how much of a carcinogen is required to actually cause cancer in people. Most carcinogens in your products and food are in such small quantities that they would't ever even affect a small animal, much less a human.

    Remember, almost all of the different types of cancers that have shown an increased prevelence are almost exactly correlated to the rise in the life expectancy of the population...ie. people live longer, so there is more cancer that is prevelant in old people.

    In other words, its a scare tactic. The products you are worried about:

    A. Couldn't be made without the carcinogens you are worried about.
    B. The carcinogens are naturally occuring in most cases.
    C. There is no correlation to humans getting cancer from these products with the minute amount of the carcinogens in question.
     

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