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A US study showed that the move to the most natural cosmetics for few days is sufficient to significantly lower the levels of causing chemicals hormonal disturbances for adolescent girls. One team of researchers at the University of Berkeley and Health Clinic of the Salinas Valley looked at her Latino teenagers who were participating in the investigation of the health and of environment in makeup Salinas Adolescents | Beautiful | study created for the effect chemicals causing endocrine disruption | EDC | in adolescents adolescents.
Researchers observed women not to only because women are exposed to much EDC as men with averaging 12 personal care products daily compared to the average man using only 6, but because previous research has a Suggested that teens use even more self - care items that the average adult female, exposing themselves to hormones disrupting chemicals during a major period of rapid reproductive development.
Free from chemicals that alter hormones
In the study, the researchers asked 100 teenagers to participate in a very short three day trial, changing its usual cosmetic items with lower levels of chemical ingredients. The products were provided by the study researchers and labeled free fromdisrupting chemicals hormones such as phthalates, parabens, triclosan and oxybenzone, all extensively used beauty products for daily use including makeup, fragrances, hair care products, soaps and sunscreens.
To prove changes in chemical exposures during the trial, participants presented the urine samples before and after three days. Results published in Environmental Health Perspectives, showed that after these three days, the your chemical levels in the body had diminished significantly.
Levels of Diethyl phthalate is commonly used fragrances, dropped by parabens 27% methyl- | & propyl- | used for preservation in cosmetics, by 44 - 45% | respectively, &as triclosan, found in Antibacterial Soap and certain brands of toothpaste | & benzophenone-3 |B - 3|, located in certain oxybenzone sun screens under the name of both fell by 36%.
"The small changes make a huge difference"
Based on their findings, the researchers found that women may significantly reduce exposure to ESD - related to problems neurobehavioural, obesity and growth of cancer cells - by taking a short break from personal care or choosing products with less chemicals.
Results were still significant enough to drive one of the researchers at change your own beauty and switch to organics wherever possible know enough to be worried about the exposure of adolescents chemicals shall girls.
Sometimes it it is worth taking a precautionary approach, especially if there easy changes people can make in the products they purchase the author Kim Harley.
