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Shampoo, Makeup and Cancer, 
the next tobacco scandal?
By Shelley Kramer
Published March 2001

I think you will want to know about this, even though it sounds a little
generic, just think about it....

Everyday...you take care of your children and grandchildren, love them and pray they stay out of harm's way...

...Yet, like most parents, you probably don't know that everyday you dowse them (and yourself) with the same harmful, corrosive ingredients found in brake fluid, degreasers and anti-freeze. Soaps, shampoos, bubble baths and cosmetics are loaded with such chemicals...Could this be another tobacco scandal?

Would you wash your child's (or your own) hair and brush those little teeth with brake fluid, engine degreaser or anti-freeze? You probably are and don't know it!

• 1938 to 1982 over 4 million distinct chemical compounds formulated. At least 250,000 new formulations created annually since then.
• Approximately 3,000 chemicals are added to our foods.
• 700 chemicals have been found in our drinking water.
• 400 have been identified in human tissue.
• Over 500 can be found under kitchen sinks or in the laundry rooms of American homes.
• Over 800 neurotoxic chemical compounds are used in the cosmetics and perfume industries.
  
  

A list of the most common, potentially harmful ingredients you can find in your personal care products:
Alcohol, Lanolin, Alpha Hydroxy Acid, Mineral Oil, Aluminum, Petrolatum, Bar Soap (Animal fat and Lye,) Propylene Glycol,Bentonite or Kaolin, Sodium
Chloride, Collagen and Elastin, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate & COCOAMIDE DEA (as reported on CBS News) Sodium Laureth Sulfate, SODIUM Fluoride, Talc, and more.....

Before you dismiss this, go to your bathroom and check some labels. You'll find Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Propylene Glycol (not to mention dozens of other chemicals) in toothpastes, conditioners, cosmetics, shampoos, lotions and many other common products that you and your loved ones use several times, every day.

• Could these ingredients possibly have any long-term side effects?
• WHY is the rate of cancer soaring?
• WHY is the rate of heart disease soaring?
• WHERE did Alzheimer's disease come from?
• WHY do so many people need glasses or contacts?
• WHY does the USA lead the world in the proliferation (increased rate of incidence) of degenerative disease?
• WHAT does the USA spend a TRILLION dollars annually on health care for anyway?
• Shouldn't overall health be getting better?

There is something going on...and it's not pretty. When you know the facts
about what these chemicals found in our everyday products are and where they come from and what they cause, you'll be shocked. And then you
should get angry.

The tobacco industry faces monumental scandal. And it's NOT only about what they knew regarding tobacco use...but, WHEN did they know it? Whether it's 10 years from now or 20 or 30 - if producers of personal care items get called on the carpet to account for the use of these chemicals, will we be asking the same questions - WHEN did they know it? 

The simple truth is... we already know it! These chemicals are found in
industrial compounds and their Material Safety Data Sheets warn of cancer causing side effects, extreme skin irritants, etc. There's even a medical study that shows exposure can retard eye development in young mammals.

Could this possibly include our children? Hmmm...WAKE UP AMERICA!!  

The American Cancer Society says that 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will
develop cancer in their lifetime. It is an unbelievable epidemic. Dr. Samuel Epstein, M.D. and Professor Environmental Science. University of Illinois School of Public Health recently warned that a major cosmetic and toiletry ingredient poses avoidable cancer risks. "Lifelong use of these products thus clearly poses avoidable cancer risks to the great majority of U.S. consumers, particularly infants and young children."

Is there an alternative? CBS thinks so! In a recent February, 1998 edition of CBS Good Morning News with Roberta Baskin, Neways President Tom Mower was interviewed. This broadcast received such an influx of questions and interest that they re-broadcast the show. Tom Mower, CEO of Neways Inc., a major distributor and manufacturer of carcinogen free cosmetics and personal care products, emphasizes: "I see no reason at all to use potentially harmful ingredients, as there are safe and cost-effective alternatives which we have been using is a wide range of our cosmetics and toiletries for the last decade."

Find out what's in your bathroom. Compare the labels. You may find a shock! I found this company (Neways) that makes the products without all the carcinogens and harmful ingredients.

Footnote:
PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ME AND MY MOM
I lost my mom to cancer in 1982 at age 56. She worked for Revlon and Rubinstein for 15 years putting cosmetic chemicals on people. I have had cancer myself.  Basal Cell Tumors removed from my lip (1/4" cut out- 1985) and one on my back. I've had a large 5 cm basal cell tumor (1998) removed from my lower right eyelid (deep inside) The doctor removed 75% of my eyelid, and then had to rebuild it. I had another tumor removed from under my left eye (1999). Lots of keratosis skin cancers removed from arms, hands, face.  I have been on the "cancer cure" bandwagon since 1974.

Shelley Kramer is a Public Health Educator and Consultant in Environmental Nutrition and Beauty care. Read more about dangerous products and their safer alternatives at Shelley Kramer's website:
www.Healthy-Communications.com

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