[Stop the Poisons] 97%of Americans contaminated by sunscreens

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AS I HAVE POSTED BEFORE, ANYTIME YOU SEE " BEN " AS AN INGREDIENT OR ON A

LABEL, IT IS A DERIVATIVE OF BENZENE, THE TOXIC , CHEAP BASE PRODUCT THAT

THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MAKES OTHER HORRIBLE CHEMICALS FROM!!!! YOU BREATH

IT FROM EVERYONE ELSE'S GASOLINE FUMES.....MAKES UP 2-3 % OF GAS!!!!! AND

THE TOXIC CHEMICAL RESPONSIBLE FOR MY WIFE'S DEATH AND

SUFFERING!!! KRAIG

>97 Percent of Americans Contaminated by Sunscreens

>Posted by: " Fernwoods " Fernwoods fernwoods7

>Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:09 pm (PDT)

>97 Percent of Americans Contaminated by Sunscreens

>_http://www.naturalnews.com/022990.html_

>(http://www.naturalnews.com/022990.html)

>

>The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a new study showing that

>nearly all Americans are contaminated with oxybenzone, a widely-used

>sunscreen

>ingredient. This chemical so far has been linked to allergies, hormone

>disruption, and cell damage, as well as low birth weight in baby girls

>whose mothers

>are exposed during pregnancy. Oxybenzone is also a penetration enhancer, a

>chemical that helps other chemicals penetrate the skin. So where has the FDA

>been on this?

>

>Apparently in the back pocket of the _sunscreen_

>(http://www.naturalnews.com/sunscreen.html) industry. The Food and Drug

>Administration, again, has

>failed in its duty to protect the public from toxic chemicals like

>oxybenzone.

>Caving to the industry lobbyists, the agency has delayed final sunscreen

>safety

>standards for nearly 30 years. FDA issued a new draft of the standards last

>October under pressure from _Environmental Working Group_

>(http://www.naturalnews.com/Environmental_Working_Group.html) (EWG), but

>continues to delay

>finalizing them because of pressure from the industry.

>

>In their online cosmetic safety database, EWG identifies nearly 600

>sunscreens sold in the U.S. that contain oxybenzone, including leading

>brand names

>like Hawaiian Tropic, Coppertone, and Banana Boat, and many facial

>moisturizers

>as well. On top of that, they also show many of these so-called sunscreens

>offer inadequate protection from the sun. In fact, they found that sunlight

>also causes oxybenzone to form free radical chemicals that may be linked to

>cell damage, which is the exact opposite reason many women mistakenly use the

>sunscreen - to protect them from damaging free radicals which lead to

>premature

>_aging_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/aging.html) !

>

>And interestingly, as sunscreen sales have risen, so has the rate of skin

>cancers. Go figure. We've been pressured to believe that the sun is our enemy

>and we need to slather on loads of sunscreen to protect ourselves, when in

>actuality we need sunlight for our bodies to manufacture vitamin D. For

>those of

>us who are either fair skinned or just plain vain and worry about age spots

>and wrinkles, limiting our unprotected sun exposure to 20 minutes a day is

>adequate for our daily dose of vitamin D. For more fun in the sun,

>overexposure

>can be avoided by using a natural or organic sunscreen with a reflective

>barrier like zinc, instead of chemical sunscreens. Even a small amount of

>shea

>butter rubbed into the skin daily offers a bit of natural UV protection.

>Whatever you do, don't wait for _the FDA_

>(http://www.naturalnews.com/the_FDA.html) to help you in your choice.

>Based on their history in this category, it

>could be another 30 years before safety standards are improved.

>

>References:

>1. Environmental Health Perspectives: Concentrations of the Sunscreen Agent,

>Benzophenone-3, in Residents of the United States: National Health and

>Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004

>_http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/1126..._

>(http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/11269/abstract.html)

>

>2. Environmental Working Group: Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed

>Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens

>_http://www.ewg.org/node/25705_ (http://www.ewg.org/node/25705)

>

>3. Environmental Working Group: Americans Carry 'Body Burden' of Toxic

>Sunscreen Chemical

>_http://www.ewg.org/node/26212_ (http://www.ewg.org/node/26212)

>

>About the author

>Ellen Holder is co-founder of Caren, an online store for natural, organic

>and synthetic chemical free skin care products. _http://www.carenonline.com_

>(http://www.carenonline.com/)

 

Kraig Carroll

Environmental Damage Repair

 

 

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