It is a welcome move that the hazards of chemical-based skin
care products are getting more public concern. Apart from causing potential
health risks, microplastics or petroleum bye-products used in personal care
products over the years have been linked to the plastic pollution in the oceans
and waterways. Microplastics have been used in place of natural ingredients in
a large number of beauty formulations for many years.
Sensing the increasing public pressure for removing such
harmful substances from the beauty care products, many brand companies are
planning to phase out such ingredients.
A number of States in US (California, New York and Illinois) have already
passed legislation banning use of microbeads from skin care products like
shampoo, exfoliating scrubs, tooth paste.
The Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw has now announced that
it will stop using Triclosan and Phthalates from its skincare products, after noting
that some experts have linked Triclosan and Phthalates to human or
environmental health concerns. The
company realizes the harm microbeads do to the environment when they spill out
into the water system. Earlier the
Canadian Parliament had demanded that microbeads should be treated as toxic
ingredient in the skin care products.
To give further boost to these measures, UN Environmental
Protection agency has also warned against continued use of microplastics in
beauty products, and has advised phasing them out and eventually banning their
use in personal care products and cosmetics. In its annual report released on
the eve of World Oceans’ Day, the UN agency blamed presence of microplastics in
cosmetics for the increasing pollution of oceans and waterways. Most of these
particles finally end up in the environment when discharged in wastewater.
Earlier, the European Commission also highlighted the
growing dangers of marine microplastic pollution.
At Herbally Radiant we have been campaigning for use of
natural skin care and beauty products. With the use of USDA certified organic
ingredients, Herbally Radiant has been able to launch more than 76 natural
beauty products so far; each of these products has received excellent customer
reviews because of amazing skin-friendly efficacy. The use of natural products has
great environmental sustainability and serves important health and social
cause.
Herbally Radiant has pointed out earlier many grave skin
disorders as a result of several potentially harmful pharma-based ingredients
in cosmetics, many of which are not listed in the packaging or labels.
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