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Carcinogen in Body Care Products - Mineral Oil Exposure to mineral oil increases the risk of the following forms of cancer: Pancreatic, Gallbladder, Lung, Melanoma, Esophagus, Stomach, Kidney, as well as: non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Leukemia, in addition to damage to the central nervous system. Mineral oil or liquid petroleum is a by-product in the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline and other petroleum based products from crude oil. A waste product, garbage, foul with carbon-based chemicals known to increase the risk of cancer. Wikipedia: Mineral Oil Also known as:
Mineral oil is a main ingredient in over 1,700 of the body care products available on drugstore.com. 65 of these products are specifically designed to be used on babies. Drugstore.com search for 'mineral oil' Drugstore.com search for 'mineral oil baby' Exposure to mineral oil increases the risk of the following forms of cancer: Pancreatic Gallbladder Lung Melanoma Esophagus Stomach Kidney as well as: non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Leukemia in addition to damage to the central nervous system These were among a large number of studies in PubMed, US National Library of Medicine, showing increased cancer risk associated with exposure to mineral oil "In addition, toxicity data on selected chemical constituents of mineral spirits (e.g., n-nonane, n-decane, n-undecane) indicate that these chemicals have similar toxicological properties to mineral spirits. Overall, the data showed that mineral spirits have a low order of acute toxicity and do not appear to produce toxicologically relevant systemic effects. Ongoing studies are evaluating the concerns associated with chronic low-level exposure and central nervous system effects." PMID: 18293216 "A statistically significant increased risk of developing and dying of pancreatic cancer was found but not an increase in overall cancer mortality. This was consistent with the previous report from this group. Interestingly, the cohort demonstrated a statistically significant risk of overall cancer incidence and specific increased incidence of gallbladder cancer."> PMID: 12822136 "Our findings suggest that these aerospace workers who were highly exposed to mineral oils experienced an increased risk of developing and/or dying from cancers of the lung, melanoma, and possibly from cancers of the esophagus and stomach and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia. These results and the increases we observed for TCE and kidney cancers are consistent with findings of previous studies." PMID: 16167347 "Also, when JBO was applied with BP, the time taken for tumour development in mice was shortened by about 4 weeks as compared to another group painted with the same dose of BP alone. This suggests a cancer-promoting activity which needs to be investigated further." PMID: 160241 Mineral oil is in almost all lotions and creams on the market today. Baby oil is straight mineral oil. As a thinking person, would you agree that applying these products daily, often many times daily, is high exposure? You can find body care products for yourself and your family that do not contain mineral oil in the Sunflower Naturals Online Store to reduce your risk of cancer from exposure to this petroleum-based toxin. RESOURCES: In article. |
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