On NED day while getting ready to take myself out to breakfast I had the radio on. After it played Kelly Clarkson's Survivor (and I had the radio up as loud as it can go) the announcer comes on and states "Silent Spring Institute of Newton release report on potential carcinogen Cocamide diethanolamine, cocamide DEA". In my NED celebrating I filed it away to research more.
Welp. I opened that can of worms. Cocoamide DEA is just the start. But, let us start there. Here is the story on WCVB Boston. According to the research, in animal models, cocoamide DEA causes liver and kidney tumors. Cocoamide DEA is used to increase the lather-ability of cosmetics. It's found in shampoos, soaps and lotions. Shampoo, soap and lotion. Think about how much exposure and potential absorption by your skin is going on here.
Cocoamide DEA is made by taking coconut oil with diethanolamine and that is the part that is carcinogenic.
WCVB states the ingredients could be listed as the following:
Thankfully Dove soap and Curel do not have these ingredients. However, on the weekend docket will be purging/investigating anything else in the house.
Looking forward to working my way through the Silent Spring Institute's massive research on breast cancer and the environment. The 45 negative genetic tests I have and this header "Breast cancer rates have risen in the United States; between 1973 and
1998, rates increased by more than 40 percent. Identified breast cancer
risks cannot account for this escalation. That means that additional,
unknown causes must be at work. If we can find out why incidence is
increasing, we can learn to prevent future disease." have me hooked on the site. I have a feeling I will be throwing out a lot more items in my house.
Also, if I call it Silver Springs one more time I really don't know what I will do with this brain of mine.
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