References
Unforgettable Cinderella
Beware of certain cocktails!
Oxybenzone
Concentrations of the Sunscreen Agent, Benzophenone-3, in Residents of the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2004
Antonia M. Calafat, Lee-Yang Wong, Xiaoyun Ye, John A. Reidy, and Larry L. Needham, U.S Center for Disease Control.
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/11269/abstract.html
Environmental Working Group:
CDC: Americans Carry Body Burden of Toxic Sunscreen Chemical
Caving to Industry, FDA Delays Safety Standards for Decades
http://www.ewg.org/node/26212
Phthalates
National report on human exposure to chemicals, section phthalates. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, April 3, 2008.
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/results_06.htm
Gray, LE, C Wolf, C Lambright, P Mann, M Price, RL Cooper and J Ostby. 1999. Administration of potentially antiandrogenic pesticides (procymidone, linuron, iprodione, chlozolinate, p,p'-DDE, and ketoconazole) and toxic substances (dibutyl- and diethylhexyl phthalate, PCB 169, and ethane dimethane sulphonate) during sexual differentiation produces diverse profiles of reproductive malformations in the male rat. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 15:94-118.
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/newscience/reproduction/1999greyantiandrogenic.htm
Lottrup G, Andersson AM, Leffers H, Mortensen GK, Toppari J, Skakkebaek NE, Main KM, 2006. Possible impact of phthalates on infant reproductive health. International Journal of Andrology. Feb;29(1):172-80; discussion 181-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16466537?ordinalpos=25&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
“Good” evidence exists linking phthalates to hormonal changes, such as levels of hormones circulating in the body. CHE toxicant and disease database: http://database.healthandenvironment.org/index.cfm
Triclosan
Allmyr M, Harden F, Toms LM, Mueller JF, McLachlan MS, Adolfsson-Erici M, Sandborgh-Englund G. (2008) The influence of age and gender on triclosan concentrations in Australian human blood serum, Sci Total Environ. 2008 Apr 1;393(1):162-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18207219?dopt=AbstractPlus
Veldhoen N, et al (2006) The bactericidal agent triclosan modulates thyroid hormone-associated gene expression and disrupts postembryonic anuran development, Aquatic Toxicology, Volume 80, Issue 3, 1 December 2006, Pages 217-227
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18300639
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0166445X
Triclosan is on the SIN (Substitute It Now!) List of hazardous chemicals developed by a large group of public interest and non-governmental organisation, including the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). See the data base at
http://www.chemsec.org/list/database/database.php
Toluene
Grandjean, P, Landrigan PJ, Developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals, The Lancet, 8 November 2006. (Available at http://www.env-health.org/a/2369?var_recherche=Lancet)
Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep cosmetics data base
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient.php?ingred06=706577
“Strong” evidence exists linking toluene to brain and facial malformations in babies. CHE toxicant and disease database: http://database.healthandenvironment.org/index.cfm
Fragrances
Luckenbach T, Epel D, (2005) Nitromusk and Polycyclic Musk Compounds as Long-Term Inhibitors of Cellular Xenobiotic Defense Systems Mediated by Multidrug Transporters Environ Health Perspect. 2005 January; 113(1): 17–24. Published online 2004 September 30. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7301.
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2004/7301/7301.html
“Strong” evidence exists linking fragrances to contact dermatitis (skin allergy). CHE toxicant and disease database: http://database.healthandenvironment.org/index.cfm
See the “Candidate List” at http://echa.europa.eu/chem_data/candidate_list_table_en.asp
Cocktail effect
Kortenkamp, A (2006). Breast cancer, oestrogens and environmental pollutants: a re-evaluation from a mixture perspective. Int. J Androl, 29, pp193-198.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16466540
Silva, E Rajapakse N, Kortenkamp A. (2002). Something from “nothing” … eight weak estrongenic chemicals combined at concentrations below NOECs produce significant mixture effects. Environ Sci Technol., 36(8), pp1751-1756.
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