I had a very interesting experience with hair products last week, I wanted to get some kind of hair product for my rather frizzy hair which was burned by the hairdresser last visit and the weather wasn't helping --- no need for details it was just one of those things that you can't get mad about because accidents happen and it wasn't done maliciously --- I went to a little local shop that sells all things "Hair" to ask advise --- the shop person Jessica, was more than helpful and we agreed I wouldn't buy this week I would look through all the "organic" products write down any word in the ingredients list that were unfamiliar -- go home and look them up --- with a little Sherlock Holmes sleuthing and with the help of EWG Database and Wikipedia this is what I discovered --- I looked at Phenoxyethanol, retards microbes, and as its so close to the brain. Coupled with Lactoperoxidase which called a preservative-antibacterial -- so lets go further to see what Wikipedia has to say about this ingredient:
The oxidation of estradiol by lactoperoxidase is a possible source of oxidative stress in breast cancer.[9][10] The ability of lactoperoxidase to propagate a chain reaction leading to oxygen consumption and intracellular hydrogen peroxide accumulation could explain the hydroxyl radical-induced DNA base lesions recently reported in female breast cancer tissue.[9] Lactoperoxidase may be involved in breast carcinogenesis, because of its ability to interact with estrogenic hormones and oxidise them through two one-electron reaction steps.[10] Lactoperoxidase reacts with the phenolic A-ring of estrogens to produce reactive free radicals.[42] In addition, lactoperoxidase may activate carcinogenic aromatic and heterocyclic amines and increase binding levels of activated products to DNA, which suggests a potential role of lactoperoxidase-catalyzed activation of carcinogens in the causation of breast cancer.[43]
People like myself who had a bout with an estrogen based breast tumor this product could be very harmful to people like me.
Now Glucose Oxidase
Glucose oxidase is widely used for the determination of free glucose in body fluids (diagnostics), in vegetal raw material, and in the food industry. It also has many applications in biotechnologies, typically enzyme assays for biochemistry including biosensors in nanotechnologies.[1] It is often extracted from Aspergillus niger.
Now we see a description that includes nanotechnology -- why are they using these items in personal products --- because they can and no one polices these products, even the Environmental Working Groups Cosmetic Database is lacking on this issue. Please read product labels, this affects both men and women ---
Could your make-up be making you sick?
Article in the Daily Mail Newspaper
The oxidation of estradiol by lactoperoxidase is a possible source of oxidative stress in breast cancer.[9][10] The ability of lactoperoxidase to propagate a chain reaction leading to oxygen consumption and intracellular hydrogen peroxide accumulation could explain the hydroxyl radical-induced DNA base lesions recently reported in female breast cancer tissue.[9] Lactoperoxidase may be involved in breast carcinogenesis, because of its ability to interact with estrogenic hormones and oxidise them through two one-electron reaction steps.[10] Lactoperoxidase reacts with the phenolic A-ring of estrogens to produce reactive free radicals.[42] In addition, lactoperoxidase may activate carcinogenic aromatic and heterocyclic amines and increase binding levels of activated products to DNA, which suggests a potential role of lactoperoxidase-catalyzed activation of carcinogens in the causation of breast cancer.[43]
People like myself who had a bout with an estrogen based breast tumor this product could be very harmful to people like me.
Now Glucose Oxidase
Glucose oxidase is widely used for the determination of free glucose in body fluids (diagnostics), in vegetal raw material, and in the food industry. It also has many applications in biotechnologies, typically enzyme assays for biochemistry including biosensors in nanotechnologies.[1] It is often extracted from Aspergillus niger.
Now we see a description that includes nanotechnology -- why are they using these items in personal products --- because they can and no one polices these products, even the Environmental Working Groups Cosmetic Database is lacking on this issue. Please read product labels, this affects both men and women ---
Could your make-up be making you sick?
Article in the Daily Mail Newspaper
