Why Invest In Organic Skin Care Products?
Chemical and petroleum based products…what was originally meant to be an economical alternative to natural botanical ingredients is now being found to have negative implications for our future health and well-being. Ever since 1938, when the FDA granted self-regulation to the cosmetics industry, such products have been marketed without government approval of ingredients, regardless of what tests have shown. As more consumers are turning to organic foods to avoid known toxins, gradually awareness about dangerous skin care chemicals is coming to light. Unlike organic ingredients that have been used for hundreds of years as traditional remedies, synthetic and petrochemical ingredients have only been used since the 1930’s and it is only recently that the harmful effects of these ingredients are coming to light. The synthetic and petrochemical ingredients so widely used in nearly all shampoos, lotions and soaps are the very same ingredients used in oven cleaners, engine degreasers, solvents
