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Kalumbia
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Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:08 am |
Recently I ordered Dermalogica's Daily Microfoliant because I have used it in the pastwhen it first came out To make a LONG LONG story short. I will post the ingrediant listing of the Daily Microfoliant.
Ingrediants (as of June 2006):
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, TALC,SODIUM COCYL ISETHIONATE, DISODIUM LAURYL SULFOSUCCINATE, SODIUM LAUROYL GLUTAMATE, COLLODIAL OATMEAL, ORYZA SATIVA (RICE)STARCH, EXTRACTS OF : ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI LEAF, CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT), ORYZA SATIVA (RICE), GINKGO BILOBA LEAF, CAMELLIA SINESIS LEAF, GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA (LICORICE), ESSENTIAL OILS OF TEA TREE LEAF, GRAPEFRUIT PEEL, HYROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, LIMONENE, ALLATOIN, SALICYLIC ACID, ASPERGILLUS FERMENT, PAPAIN, PCA, ALLYL METHACRYLATES CROSSPOLYMER, CYCLODEXTRIN, METHYLPARABEN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CL 77891).
FOR ALL YOU ANALYTICALS OUT THERE (INCLUDING MYSELF) THIS IS ALARMING. I THOUGHT DERMALOGICA'S INGREDIANTS WERE DIFFERENT THAN MOST COMPANIES...
I WILL NOW QUOTE THERE USA WEBSITE...
"For years, Dermalogica's formulas have pioneered new standards for product performance. Using only the finest ingredients available, all Dermalogica products are non-comedogenic and contain no occlusive mineral oil or lanolin, no irritating artificial colors or fragrance, and no drying S.D. alcohol." -DERMALOGICA USA
I also want to give all you women out there this website PREVENTCANCER DOT COM
PLEASE CLICK ON: AVOIDABLE EXPOSURES, AND THEN CLICK ON CONSUMERS
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CLICK ON "COSMETICS FACTS SHEET"
I AM PUTTING THIS TOPIC IN HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN FOR TALC IN DERMALOGICA'S DAILY MICROFOLIANT.
Q. What is talc?
A. Talc is a mineral, produced by the mining of talc rocks and then processed by crushing, drying and milling. Processing eliminates a number of trace minerals from the talc, but does not separate minute fibers which are very similar to asbestos
Q. What kinds of consumer products contain talc?
A. Talc is found in a wide variety of consumer products ranging from home and garden pesticides to antacids. However, the products most widely used and that pose the most serious health risks are body powders Talc is the main ingredient in baby powder, medicated powders, perfumed powders and designer perfumed body powders. Because talc is resistant to moisture, it is also used by the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture medications and is a listed ingredient of some antacids. Talc is the principal ingredient home and garden pesticides and flea and tick powders. Talc is used in smaller quantities in deodorants, chalk, crayons, textiles, soap, insulating materials, paints, asphalt filler, paper, and in food processing.
Q. Why is talc harmful?
A. Talc is closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos. Talc particles have been shown to cause tumors in the ovaries and lungs of cancer victims. For the last 30 years, scientists have closely scrutinized talc particles and found dangerous similarities to asbestos. Responding to this evidence in 1973, the FDA drafted a resolution that would limit the amount of asbestos-like fibers in cosmetic grade talc. However, no ruling has ever been made and today, cosmetic grade talc remains non-regulated by the federal government. This inaction ignores a 1993 National Toxicology Program report which found that cosmetic grade talc, without any asbestos-like fibers, caused tumors in animal subjects.1 Clearly with or without asbestos-like fibers, cosmetic grade talcum powder is a carcinogen.
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:
1. Do not buy or use products containing talc. It is especially important that women not apply talc to underwear or sanitary pads.
2. Contact your pediatrician and/or local hospital and find out if they have a policy regarding talc use and infants.
3. Write to the FDA and express your concern that a proven carcinogen has remained unregulated while millions of people are unknowingly exposed.
References:
1.National Toxicology Program. "Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of talc (GAS No 14807-96-6) in F344/N rats and B6C3F, mice (Inhalation studies)." Technical Report Series No. 421. September 1993.
2. Harlow BL, Cramer DW, Bell DA, Welch WR. "Perineal exposure to talc and ovarian cancer risk." Obstetrics & Gynecology, 80: 19-26, 1992.
3. Hollinger MA. "Pulmonary toxicity of inhaled and intravenous talc." Toxicology Letters, 52:121-127, 1990.
good luck and God Bless! |
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Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:35 am |
This is really alarming !! Can we sort of post an official query to the DERMALOGICA website?
It seems the concern on PREVENTCANCER DOT COM is more with 'inhaling' the talc - dusting the talc powder on babies and for female sanitation purpose? Making a difference if we just make paste with this Microfoliant to exfoliate our skin? I love this product sooooo much I hope after all this is safe to use. |
_________________ Asian-40's-combination/dehydrated skin-on endless quest for perfect skin-like you! |
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Kalumbia
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Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:51 am |
lifeisbeautiful wrote: |
This is really alarming !! Can we sort of post an official query to the DERMALOGICA website?
It seems the concern on PREVENTCANCER DOT COM is more with 'inhaling' the talc - dusting the talc powder on babies and for female sanitation purpose? Making a difference if we just make paste with this Microfoliant to exfoliate our skin? I love this product sooooo much I hope after all this is safe to use. |
Yes, you are right with regards to talc powder and babies, and children. However....
THERE IS CONCERN BECAUSE TALC IS THE SECOND INGREDIANT LISTED MEANING...ITS THE SECOND HIGHEST IN CONCENTRATION!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH AND READ THE FACTS CONCERNING TALC.
***THE DAILY MICROFOLIANT IS VERY DUSTY I FIND IT EXTREMELY IRRITATING ON MY LUNGS HENCE ME POSTING THIS REVIEW*** |
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Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:59 am |
I'm so glad I saw this post in time, I've been eyeing the product for a while, now that's some money I can spend somewhere else . |
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Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:53 pm |
Wow... and so many people I know rave about this product.
Demologica for me does nothing... |
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Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:42 am |
Okay, let me first say that whenever I see posts like this one, alarm bells ring in my tiny little brain. To me this sort of post illustrates scare tactics at their worst.
A very cursory search on google for "costmetic talc" finds some rather impressive sources that first and foremost confirm that cosmetic talc does NOT contain the very asbestos-like fibers that the original poster relied upon so heavily.
Source: http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v46aje60.htm
Note that amid the substances that were under investigation was kaolin ... another cosmetic favourite!
The following source advocates that all such "assumptions" of the danger of non-asbestos talc should be withdrawn.
http://www.thecre.com/special-projects/whitepaperfinal.html
There is probably no substance on earth that is free from the taint of causing cancer. When you've lived as long as I have and have heard as many "cancer causing" alerts as I have over the years, there really isn't anything that you can use, ingest or pass by without some risk of it causing cancer!
Bearing in mind that talc has been used for centuries ... and while some people who have used talc have undoubtedly died of or contracted cancer, I think it's rather naive to think that the talc use was the cause.
I think that, all things considered, it's the state of our immune systems these days that make us seemingly so much more susceptible to cancer. We use "anti-bacterial" soaps for dishes, cleaning our homes and bodies. Anti-biotics have been overprescribed for decades so that newer and stronger anti-biotics have to be developed. The truth is that we have destroyed our own bodies' ability to fight off cancer cells with our dogged desire to live in a sterile world ... and without casual exposure, our bodies cannot fight off bacteria and germs.
Please don't let scare-mongering affect you so that your common sense flies out the window. Be informed, certainly ... but don't assume the role of Chicken Little and claim the sky is falling over every "it could cause cancer" theory out there.
Just my two cents.
Mary |
_________________ Over 50, combo, OCM. Originator of Pearl Paste ... www.silkenpearl.com |
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Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:11 am |
hpjrt, I wholeheartedly agree with your 2 cents worth. |
_________________ Skin: Over 60, ex combination now sensitive, Cellcosmet |
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Mabsy
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Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:32 am |
Well said & researched Mary! Thank you |
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