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Ahhh ... soak away the stress of the day with
a hot bubble bath and feel ... the skin irritation, the disrupting
hormones and the absorption of cancer causing nitrosomes? Wait
a minute!
Why do you care?
- Bath bubbles, oils and salts come in
contact with your entire skin surface for extended times in
pore-opening hot water - increasing exposure to potential
harmful ingredients.
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), the foaming agent that
makes bubbles, is a potent skin irritant and may strip
away the mucous lining of the urinary tract and make the area
vulnerable to infection, particularly in young girls.1
- These harsh detergent-based bubbles may also dry skin, as
do bath salts made with sodium chloride (common table salt),
as it draws water from skin.2 Scratch.
- SLS is often found in a product along side “amines”
ingredients like TEA or DEA. This combination together during
manufacture or storage can cause the formation of cancer-causing
nitrosamines.3
- Fragrance - a loophole allows manufacturers to use
unhealthy chemicals, like phthalates used in products scents,
without listing them on the label. Phthalates are linked to
reproductive effects and disrupting hormones. Recent research
reported phthalates found in young children. See Kids
e-bulletin.
- Parabens – are easily absorbed into the body,
where they bind to estrogen receptors - disrupting the natural
hormone levels - as they "act" like the females
hormone estrogen.
The Know How
- Read the labels.
- Stay away from: SLS, TEA, DEA, phthalates like DEHP,
DBP, parabens, PEG compounds, ethoxylated alcohols or
polysorbate 60 or 80 - unless the labels states the products
are free-from nitrosamines or 1,4 dioxane.
- Look for source of fragrance - preferable essential
oils and/or other safe sources. If says “fragrance,
scent or parfum” - likely made up of 10-100 individual
ingredients.
- Check out our Ingredients
to Avoid list.
- Choose plant or vegetable-based bath oil to avoid bathing
in a mini-oil slick that lies on top of water.
- Most health benefits from bath salts made from crystals
or dead salts.
- If bath bubbles a vivid colour, run for cover!
- Don't be fooled by greenwashing on labels - a green
bottle, graphics of nature or claims of botanicals and healing
herbs – may contain a host of synthetic ingredients.
Know and Tell
- Patti's family loves baths to warm up on a cold night,
de-stress, soothe sore muscles, comfort a cold and, of course,
to get the dust off. Epson salts, bubbles and a new favourite
for the winter, bath oil, all stand on the side of the tub
ready for action.
- Tamey and her daughter Ally are the bath princesses - each
enjoying a nice long soak. When Tamey is able to make time
for a bath, she makes a little production of it - treating
herself by using one of her favorite bath products, lighting
a few candles, grabbing a good book and a must, her hot chocolate
- ah.
- See our Product
Reviews
Pure Know How Kids
- Children's fast-paced growth rate and porous skin increases
their susceptibility to toxins that can enter the bloodstream
through the skin's surface - find
out more.
1 Safe Shopper’s Bible.
David Steinman & Samuel Epstein, 1995.
2 Organic Beauty. Fairley, Josephine, 2001.
3 Beauty to Die For - The Cosmetic Consequences. Judi Vance.2000.
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