Using Shower Gel And Liquid Hand Soap

Do we know, or should we know everything about the shampoo we use daily or the innocent looking bottle of liquid hand soap sitting next to the sink in the kitchen or laundry? Yes, we should know everything that can concern our health, so we can make our own decision and chose for ourselves. We have a right to know what many studies have found over time about products we use every day and it doesn’t matter if it’s only a simple shower gel and common liquid hand soap.
Most people wouldn’t give it any thought when picking up that bottle of gel or shampoo and even less with the liquid hand soap. Contaminants in personal care products can cause many side effects including serious illnesses which can build up over time. It doesn’t affect every one immediately but toxins in these products, if not controlled, will build up in your body. All personal care products have some ingredients of contaminants unless you source totally organic which are available but we are not always given that choice. Most of the products contain strong fragrances with a pleasant refreshing smell. However, this is not only for your pleasure; the main purpose of this is to cover up chemical smells of other toxic ingredients.
What are such ingredients that can affect our health?
For the moment let’s just concentrate on the shower gel and hand soap because the field of all other personal care products is almost endless. The explanation could be as easy as saying ‘just read the label on the product’, but many ingredients are not shown on cosmetics for the manufacturers benefit. Nevertheless, still read the label and you will find names or similar, such as sodium chloride, propylene glycol, polyoxyethylene, ethoxylation, laureth, myreth which can cause skin and eye irritation, nausea, vomiting may cause respiratory track irritation, and can affect liver and kidney. Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is most common in thousands of personal care products like shampoos, body washes, toothpaste, liquid hand soaps, laundry powder, detergents and also used as industrial cleaners. Liquid hand soap and shower gel contains synthetic fragrances known to cause irritation and drying of skin. Another problem arises when a product called triclosan mixes with tap water. It forms into chloroform which becomes a human carcinogen. When chemicals being mixed with tap water or any other treated water it can have a similar effect as urinating in a swimming pool, as urine mixes with chlorine and other organic matter it becomes uric acid which will become a poison. As some of the products are known to contain heavy metals which are found in make-up is also a health risk, because metals are not easily removed after they have accumulated in your body.