Eye Opener: Environmental Working Group

For this weeks Eye Opener we had to choose a cosmetic that we use everyday and put it into Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database. From there you get to see how healthy and environmentally friendly your product is=) I chose to test out my Organic Wear Natural Origin Tinted Moisturizer Light to Normal. My results were pretty shocking! These are the results that I got from my face moisturizer.

Ingredients in this product are linked to:
	Cancer
	Developmental/reproductive toxicity
	Violations, restrictions & warnings
	Allergies/immunotoxicity
	Other concerns for ingredients used in this product: Neurotoxicity, Persistence and bioaccumulation, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Multiple, additive exposure sources, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Enhanced skin absorption, Contamination concerns, Occupational hazards, Biochemical or cellular level changes

SCORE= 3

moderate hazard (out of 10)

health hazard sun hazard

This manufacturer::
	Compact for Safe Cosmetics signer
	Conducts animal testing

My Thoughts:

Ok so considering this product is organic, I thought it'd do a little better than a three on the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database. I use the tinted face lotion in place of foundation and face lotion. (Which is a pretty good thing because foundation scores are way worse than a three.) Something else that shocked me was that Physican's Formula products have not signed the compact for safe cosmetics. The Compact for Safe Cosmetics basically states that they would try to use safe ingredients. Also, that they promise to use ingredients that were known not to cause health problems.
But I'm happy to see that they don't do animal testing with this tinted moisturizer... That's good at least. And although this isn't the best product, I still plan to use it everyday. It good to be aware of the possible risks of these products but we've all adopted them into our everyday lives so it's hard to think about not using them. I plan to be more aware of the products I use on my body. In the future would consider finding healthier products for both the environment and my body. Here's a link to the the companies who have already signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics. Check it out=)