Send to a Friend

jca's avatar

When purchasing hair care and skin care products, do you try to buy paraben-free?

Asked by jca (36062points) December 26th, 2012

Someone was telling me about the risks of parabens in our hair and skin care products (i.e. shampoo, makeup, hand lotion, soap). Apparently it’s a cheap preservative that is put into products to extend their shelf life, but it’s present in cancer tumors and is, in general, bad news.

Since learning about this, I am now aware of paraben-free products and will look for them when making purchases in the future. There are paraben-free product websites, and there is a lot of information on them online

Do you try to buy paraben-free products?

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.