Comments | cloudscudding: Pthalates and Your ADD Child

cloudscudding

Pthalates and Your ADD Child

Feb 25, 2010 08:47

1. There is a strong link (in a small study) connecting use of pthalates-containing products during pregnancy with kids who have ADD, not to mention various other not-so-good possible effects.

2. Many cosmetics, lotion, shampoo, nail polish, etc. contain pthalates.

3. They usually don't list it in the ingredient list.

Conclusion: WTF, world? Gah

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Comments 8

skylarker February 25 2010, 18:38:59 UTC

Jeeze. I've always shied away from cosmetics; maybe my hind brain is smarter than I thought. Makes me wonder what else pthalates do that makes them so attractive to all these companies.

cloudscudding February 25 2010, 19:09:07 UTC

The worst thing is that there's no real way for the average person to even be able to find out about this kind of stuff.

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cloudscudding February 25 2010, 22:51:23 UTC

Although not the kind of pthalates that cause the problem, interestingly enough. It's linked to cosmetic pthalates and *not* plastics pthalates. They tested that too.

birdfigment February 28 2010, 21:15:13 UTC

Ugh. I usually try to hit the cosmetics database to help avoid terrible stuff - but without it being in the ingredient list, what do you do? Well, I don't use makeup very often, but still.

cloudscudding February 28 2010, 22:04:04 UTC

Me neither...but it's in perfume and shampoo and nail polish and lotion and....

birdfigment February 28 2010, 23:20:05 UTC

I know. Exactly.

I really do go to the cosmetics database, and I buy stuff from the co-op that I assume is "better" than the other stuff. But I know this is only reducing my exposure to toxic crap, not eliminating it.

Experience LIfe ladylaurel March 3 2010, 16:42:18 UTC

magazine, which is produced in conjunction with my uber lefty/green/eco/health whatever gym, Lifetime fitness, I *know* has done article(s) on this - I think I read an article on this in the past couple months, but at the time I was catching up on about 6 months of articles so I don't know exactly when it was published. I can try to look it up for you if you want, or you can probably find it in their archives online. The reason I mention it is I'm sure their articles will either point out products they know are pthalate-free, or list websites you can go that list products that are pthalate free.

Re: Experience LIfe cloudscudding March 3 2010, 17:02:33 UTC

If you were able to find it, that would be awesome.