Non-toxic body care products? Why should you care what is in your lotion and soap? Your not going
to eat it. Your skin is your largest organ, and absorbs everything you put on it. What is so toxic about
soap and lotion? Read the label on conventional, drug store products. It is all chemicals or chemically
altered ingredients and they are bad, bad, bad. Parabens and Phthalates are some of the worst. You
may or may not see the word paraben on your label, but chances are they are in there. Now look up
the terms “endocrine disruptor” and “xeno-estrogen”. Parabens can mimic the hormones in the human
body, causing all manner of ills, from weight gain, uterine fibroids, to reproductive harm. All for the
sake of keeping that lotion “fresh”. Phthalates are an even scarier monster, and that monster is hiding
in enough places to make you sick, literally. Shower curtains, vinyl flooring, plastic wrap, nail polish,
hair spray, perfume, lotions, makeup, mini blinds, adhesives, detergents, insecticides, plastic plumbing,
medical tubing and IV bags,… Scared yet? A number of phthalates are known as “reasonably suspected
to be a human carcinogen”, yet they are allowed in our lives at alarming levels. Why? There are so
many products that perform as well or better, that do not contain any of these chemical nightmares.
Why buy a lotion scented with toxic sludge when you can choose a product that is effective, pure and
harmless. Up on Copper Creek carries a wonderful line of Shea butter products, scented with pure
essential botanical oils that, in my opinion, work better that any of the toxic, stinky chemical soaps you
buy at the drug store. Stop poisoning yourself and the planet.
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