Parabens
1. What it is?
Preservative
2. Artificial or Natural?
Artificial
3. Where to find?
High water content daily personal care products such as face cleanser, face moisturizer, body wash, and shampoo
4. Health concerns?
In human body, both male and female, parabens
- Disrupt hormones in reproductive system
- Mimic estrogen
- Decrease sperm production
- Lower testosterone level
- Interfere with different hormone production
- Affect fertility
- Endocrine disruptor
- Breast cancer
- Can bioaccumulate in fat tissues
5. Environmental concerns?
Parabens:
- Can kill coral
- Are found in fish and surface water
Source: https://www.ewg.org/what-are-parabens