And with children it’s even worse because their bodies are changing and developing and these chemicals bring on early puberty and a slew of other issues.
#Badger sunscreen ewg skin
They also cause “photosensitization” which changes your skin and DNA that may potentially lead to skin cancer. These harmful chemicals wreak havoc on our bodies and have been found to cause not only allergies and skin irritations at a minimum but are linked to endocrine disruption, hormone imbalances causing endometriosis, ovarian cancer and breast cancer in in women and low sperm counts, infertility and prostate cancer in men. The majority of conventional sunscreens on the market contain at least a couple of these harmful chemicals: oxybenzone, PABA, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, homosalate and octinoxate. What’s even more troublesome with this is that these ingredients that have now found their way into your body aren’t actually good for you. Now that’s pretty scary stuff to begin with. And it doesn’t stop there, the studies actually found that these harmful chemicals could still be detected in the body in people’s blood, urine and breast milk even two days later. So while you may think it’s sitting on your skin it’s actually now entered into your body. In fact recent studies have found that after you have rubbed it in, the ingredients very quickly get absorbed into your body and into your bloodstream. Traditionally we thought that sunscreen sits on top of your skin to protect it from the sun’s harmful rays. Let’s start off with what actually happens to conventional chemical sunscreen when you apply it to your skin.
Why Make the Switch to Non-Toxic Sunscreen
So I’m thinking today is the perfect day to share some information on why you should make the switch for you and the kids to a safer non-toxic sunscreen and also give you my recommendations on a few of my favourites!
While I’d love to tell you that the best thing to do to stay sun safe is to cover yourself completely with clothing and stay indoors during peak sun hours, it just isn’t realistic or a whole lot of fun. We all know the sun is bad for us, causing premature aging and skin cancer. And it’s funny because it’s probably one of the first things we switched to non-toxic, especially for the kids, and also one of the items everyone seems to ask me for advice on. Today is another gorgeous sunny summer day here in Toronto! Actually this whole week has been pretty awesome! Yesterday we spent the majority of the day at a friend’s pool for a fun kids summer dance party! Thanks for having us over – you know who you are!Īs I was applying sunscreen on the kids I realized I haven’t actually shared my thoughts on safer sunscreen.
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