Ken Cook and Advocacy Organizations on Toxics in Personal Care Products

After watching the Safe Cosmetics 101 Youtube video I found that I am using a minimum of 17 products every day. Those include personal care products and cosmetics. I listed them below

1. Shampoo

2. Shower gel
3. Hair mask
4. Toothpaste
5. Facial cleanser
6. Face cream
7.  Hair oil
8. Eye Gel
9. Body lotion
10. Perfume
11. OPI nail polish
12. Hand soap

Cosmetics:

1. Concealer
2. Eyelash
3. Eye Pencil
4. Highlighter
5. Eyebrow Gel

 Around one or twice a week I may use eyeshadows and other decorative cosmetic products. However, I believe that the list is far from being complete. I have always been choosing my cosmetics and personal care products from well-known brands and bought them in authorized stores. However, after watching the video I realized how low is my knowledge about the products and how wrong it would be to say that I protected myself from chemical and hazardous exposures!
I kept thinking about creating a policy that would warn consumers about hazardous ingredients of personal care products. Even though at the particular time, it may be close to impossible to eliminate all harmful ingredients from care products, people should have their rights to know about all the ingredients and its' effects on health.

Ken Cook from at Environmental Working Group Video raised a number of important questions about the effects of chemicals and exposures. Imagining the complexity and importance of chemical effects is quite frustrating! During every single day of our life starting from our mothers' bodies we have been exposed to multiple toxic chemicals. Good is that we know that and can minimize those hazardous effects. Each individual should consider those health effects of toxic chemicals. Our well-being is our responsibility and our personal choice.