How to Read a Label Personal Products

We use products on our body's and children's body's all the time. What do the labels mean?? The US government does not regulate the words  "gentle" or  "natural", nor does it require safety testing.  So what does this mean to us??  Every product must list the ingredients.  Know what to look out for.

Avoid these perservatives listed at the end:

1.  all "paraben" 2. DMDM hydantoin 3. Imidazolidinyl urea   (even sounds nasty) 4. Methylchloroisothiazolinone 5. Methylisothiazolinone 6. Triclosan 7. Triclocarban 8. Triethanolamine (or "TEA")  9. at the start of the list look out for ingredients that start with "PEG" or have an "-eth" in the middle (e.g., sodium laureth sulfate). 10. Avoid  "FRAGRANCE," or "FD&C," or "D&C."

For our little ones avoid these 6 items as we must protect their growing bodies:
1. 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3 Diol
2. BHA
3. Boric acid and sodium borate
4. DMDM Hydantoin
5. Oxybenzone
6. Triclosan

These ingredients have been shown to cause harm.  While they are safe in one product our continued use of them over and over is what makes them a hazard we can avoid.