Did you know your skin is your body's largest organ accounting for about 15% of human body weight? Wow! But that's not all. The average square inch of skin contains 65 hairs, 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels and 1000 nerve endings.Essentially, your skin is a two way membrane with 6 primary functions:1) Protection - your first line of bodily defense from the external environment.2) Sensation - your nerve endings react to touch, pressure, heat, cold, vibration and tissue injury.3) Heat Regulation - your skin regulates body temperature through sebaceous glands.4) Storage and Synthesis - acts as a storage centre for lipids and water as well as a means of synthesis of vitamin D and B by action of Ultra Violet light on certain parts of the skin.5) Excretion - urea is eliminated when you sweat.6) Absorption - Oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide enter your skin in small amounts. Because of this, medicine by ointments and patches are used by doctors. Cosmetic and skin care products can also enter the skin and penetrate the bloodstream this way.This is the Dirty Little Secret!Absorption of chemicals through the skin is the dirty little secret that the government and chemical corporations don't want you to know.So just how how much are we exposed to toxins through skin care products? Well, to find out the shocking truth make sure you keep your eyespeeled for tomorrow's issue.----------------------------------As we talked about yesterday, absorption of chemicals through the skin is the dirty little secret that the government and chemical corporations don't want anyone to know.The reason why is because if the generalpublic knew this, the $29 billion skin care, cosmetic and chemical empire would fall apart over night. There is too much at stakefor heartless corporations (and government)to ever allow this too happen.However, all is not lost. You, by virtue of beinga member of our underground natural skin carecommunity can turn the tables on thesecorrupt institutions by being an IOC and havingthe last laugh!So, as promised in yesterday's issue I will nowreveal the "Dirty Dozen Health Risks" of toxinsin mainstream corporate skin care products. This report comes from the combined resourcesof the Natural Skincare Authority and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.In a recent product use survey we found that the average adult uses 9 personal care products daily,with 126 unique ingredients that contact and penetrate the skin membrane. Staggering isn't it? But it gets much worse. It turnsout 99% of these ingredients have never been tested for safety by any publicly accountable institution, government or otherwise.Here is a summary of the major findings:14,108 products were assessed - 990 brands of lotion, lip balm, deodorant, sunscreen, moisturizer,toothpaste, shampoo, hair conditioner and many other popular products.Also assessed were the 6,899 ingredients that form these products which shows that only one percent (1%) of products are made from ingredients that have all been assessed for safety.Nearly every product on the market contains one or more ingredients that have never been publicly assessed for safety, and some products contain carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and other chemicals that may pose health risks. Below are the "Dirty Dozen Health Risks" of mainstream skin care, hair care and cosmetic products sold to the general public everyday. (The number on the right is the percentage of products that contain that particular health risk).1) Ingredient(s) not assessed for safety - (99.7%)2) Insufficient safety data - (94.3%)3) Cancer hazard - (36.7%)4) Cancer - evidence of carcinogenicity - (33.8%)5) Reproductive/developmental toxicity - (45.9%)6) Reproductive or developmental harm - (45.7%)7) Immune system toxicants (allergies, sensitization) - (78.9%)8) Penetration enhancers - (57.0%)9) Estrogenic chemicals and other endocrine disruptors - (58.8%)10) Sunburn/skin cancer risk - (9.3%)11) Potential for harmful impurities - (75.3%)12) Unsafe for use in cosmetics - (7.3%) Enough to make your skin crawl isn't it.Well maybe so, but fear not. In the next few daysI will reveal an "under-the-radar" method on how you can take control back from the chemical cartel by becoming an expert ingredient detective, almost instantly!
