04/15/2026
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According to the Environmental Working Group, women use an average of 12 products a day, containing 168 different chemicals.
Beauty products can contain parabens, phthalates, artificial dyes, formaldehyde releasers, sulfates, or unknown chemicals. In the U.S., most cosmetic ingredients don’t require FDA pre-approval before being used.
They may be safe amounts in each product, but when used as a cumulative whole, they can be a burden on our bodies.
1 in every 13 women are exposed to ingredients that are known or probable human carcinogens every day through their personal care products.
1 in every 24 women are exposed daily to beauty product ingredients that are known or probable reproductive and developmental toxins or linked to impaired fertility. Phthalates are one of these well-known endocrine disruptors.
1 in every 5 adults are potentially exposed every day to all of the top seven carcinogenic impurities common to personal care product ingredients: hydroquinone, ethylene dioxide, 1,4-dioxane, formaldehyde, nitrosamines, PAHs, and acrylamide.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/testimony/ewg-testimony-exploring-current-practices-cosmetics-development-and-safety
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2004/12/exposures-add-survey-results
https://www.ewg.org/research/teen-girls-body-burden-hormone-altering-cosmetics-chemicals