Not only can your body absorb ingredients through your skin, these ingredients can also enter your body through your nails. Many mainstream nail polishes contain chemicals that are toxic and even though the amount of nail polish you use is probably not big, you might not want to put any chemicals on your body, right?
Read MorePhthalates are a group of chemicals (including DEHP, DINP, DBP, DEP) used to soften and increase the flexibility of plastic and PVC (vinyl). They can be found in hundreds of consumer products, from toys to electronics, from flooring to shower curtains and from lotions to body wash. Since phthalates do not chemically bound to the plastics they´re added to, they continue to be released long after you´ve bought them. Children are especially vulnerable to exposure to phthalates because they put so much in their mouths and because they have developing nervous and reproductive systems.
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