Ucwaningo Olusha Kutholwe Amazinga Aphezulu Amakhemikhali Anobuthi 'Aphakade' Emikhiqizweni Yezimonyo eyi-120

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Emehlweni angaqeqeshiwe, uhlu lwezithako ezinde ngemuva kokupakishwa kwe-mascara noma ibhodlela lesisekelo kubukeka sengathi kubhalwe ngolunye ulimi olufana nolwezizwe. Ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuqonda wonke lawo magama ezithako ezinamalungu ayisishiyagalombili uwedwa, kufanele ubeke kancaneof trust - ukuthi ukwakheka kwakho kuphephile nokuthi uhlu lwezithako zalo lunembile - kososayensi abakha amafomula emikhiqizo yakho. Kepha ucwaningo olusha olushicilelwe ephephabhukwini Izincwadi Zesayensi Yezemvelo Nezobuchwepheshe kukhombisa ukuthi, mhlawumbe, akufanele usheshe ukwethemba lokho okubeka ebusweni nasemzimbeni wakho.

Ngemuva kokuhlola izimonyo ezingu-231 - okuhlanganisa isisekelo, ama-mascara, izinto zokufihla, kanye nemikhiqizo yomlomo, iso, namashiya - ezivela ezitolo ezifana ne-Ulta Beauty, Sephora, neTarget, abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yaseNotre Dame bathola ukuthi amaphesenti angu-52 aqukethe amazinga aphezulu izinto ze-polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS). I-PFAS ebizwa ngokuthi "amakhemikhali angunaphakade," i-PFAS ayiwohloki endaweni ezungezile futhi ingakheka emzimbeni wakho ngokuchayeka ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, njengokuphuza amanzi angcolile, ukudla izinhlanzi kulawo manzi, noma ukugwinya ngephutha inhlabathi engcolile noma uthuli. kuCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. Lawa makhemikhali ajwayele ukusetshenziswa ezitsheni ezingezona izinti, ezingutsheni ezingavaleli amanzi, nasezindwangu ezivikela amabala, ngokwe-CDC ngayinye.

Ngaphakathi kwezwe lobuhle, i-PFAS ivame ukufakwa ezimonyweni nasemikhiqizweni yokunakekelwa komuntu siqu (cabanga: ama-lotion, abahlanza ubuso, okhilimu abashefa) ukwenza ngcono ukumelana kwamanzi, ukungaguquguquki, nokuqina kwabo, ngokusho kocwaningo. Kumalebula wezithako, iPFAS izofaka igama elithi "fluoro" emagameni abo, ngokusho kwe-Environmental Working Group, kodwa ucwaningo luthole ukuthi amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili kuphela ezimonyo ezihloliwe anama-PFAS afakwe ohlwini lwezithako. Kuzo zonke izigaba eziyisishiyagalombili zezimonyo ezihloliwe, izisekelo, imikhiqizo yamehlo, ama-mascaras, nemikhiqizo yezindebe yakha ingxenye enkulu kakhulu yemikhiqizo equkethe inani eliphakeme le-fluorine (umaka we-PFAS), ngokusho kwabaphenyi. (Okuhlobene: AmaMascaras amahle kakhulu ahlanzekile nemvelo)

Akucaci ukuthi ngabe i-PFAS yangezwa ngamabomu yini kule mikhiqizo noma cha, kepha abacwaningi baveza ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi bangcoliswe ngesikhathi sokukhiqiza noma ekungeneni kweziqukathi zokugcina izinto. Ukuphathwa Kwezokudla Nezidakamizwa e-U.S. Futhi kuphawula ukuthi amanye ama-PFAS angaba khona engahlosile kwizimonyo ngenxa yokungcola kwempahla eluhlaza noma "ukuwohloka kwezithako zePFAS ezakha ezinye izinhlobo zePFAS."

Kungakhathalekile ukuthi iyini imbangela, ukuba khona kwalawa makhemikhali kuyadambisa: Ukuchayeka emazingeni aphezulu e-PFAS ethile kungaholela emazingeni aphezulu e-cholesterol, ukuncipha kokuphendula komgomo ezinganeni, ingozi eyandayo yomfutho wegazi ophakeme kwabesifazane abakhulelwe, kanye nengozi eyengeziwe yezinso. kanye nomdlavuza wamasende, ngokusho kwe-CDC. Izifundo zezilwane - ukusebenzisa imithamo ephakeme kakhulu kunamazinga atholakala ngokwemvelo emvelweni - futhi kukhombisile ukuthi i-PFAS ingadala ukulimala kwesibindi namasosha omzimba, ukukhubazeka kokuzalwa, ukukhula okulibazisekile, kanye nokufa kwezinsana, nge-CDC.

Ngenkathi lezo zingcuphe zezempilo ezingaba khona zenza ukusetshenziswa kwePFAS kuzimonyo kube imbangela yokukhathazeka, ochwepheshe bayaxwayisa ngokuthatha ngokuzenzakalela ukucabanga okubi kakhulu. “Akwaziwa ukuthi kungakanani ngempela okumuncwa [ngesikhumba] nokuthi kungakanani abantu abachayeka kukho ngokusekelwe enanini elitholakala emikhiqizweni yezimonyo,” kusho uMarisa Garshick, M.D., F.A.A.D., udokotela wesikhumba eNew York City. "Ngakho-ke ngoba nje leyo [miphumela] ibonakele ezifundweni ezenziwa ezilwaneni, ezinikezwe inani elikhulu le-PFAS, akunjalo kusho ukuthi lokho kuzosebenza kulesi silungiselelo, lapho inani lokuchayeka lingaziwa."

Noma kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi izimonyo ezivivinywa ocwaningweni zingasetshenziswa ebusweni, kufaka phakathi amehlo kanye nomlomo - izindawo "lapho isikhumba sivame ukuba mncane futhi kungahle kube nokwanda kokumunca uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izitho zomzimba," kusho uDkt Garshick. Ngokunjalo, ababhali abacwaningayo baveza ukuthi i-PFAS ku-lipstick ingangeniswa ngokungahlosile, futhi labo abasemascara kungenzeka bangene emiphakathini yezinyembezi. (Funda futhi: Uyini Umehluko Phakathi Kwemikhiqizo Yobuhle Ehlanzekile Nemvelo?)

Ngakho-ke, ingabe kufanele ulahle zonke izimonyo zakho kudoti? Kuyinkimbinkimbi. Umbiko wango-2018 nge-PFAS kwezimonyo, owenziwe yi-Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency, unqume ukuthi "ukugxila okukaliwe kwe-PFCA [uhlobo lwe-PFAS] emikhiqizweni yezimonyo ngokwayo ayenzi ingozi kubathengi." Kepha esimweni esibi kakhulu - leso ababhali abasiqaphelayo singekho ngokoqobo - lapho kungenzeka kube yingozi uma izimonyo eziningi eziqukethe i-PFAS zisetshenziswa ngasikhathi sinye. (Okuhlobene: Idokhumentari Entsha 'Yobuhle Obunobuthi' Ikhanyisa Ukukhanya Ngezingozi Zezimonyo Ezingalawulwa)

I-TL; I-DR: "Ngenxa yokuthi idatha yonke ilinganiselwe, iziphetho eziqinile azikwazi ukufinyelelwa," kusho uDkt Garshick. "Kudingeka olunye ucwaningo ukuhlola inani le-PFAS etholakala ezimonyweni, izinga lokumunca ngesikhumba, kanye nezingozi zezempilo ezihambisana nalokhu kuvezwa."

Noma ukulimala okungaba khona kwe-PFAS kwezimonyo kusesemoyeni, kunezinyathelo ongazithatha ukuze unciphise ukuchayeka kwakho. I-EWG, ebingabandakanyekanga ocwaningweni, incoma ukuthi kubhekwe i-Skin Deep Database yayo, ehlinzeka ngohlu lwezithako nezilinganiso zokuphepha ezicishe zibe yi-75,000 yezimonyo nemikhiqizo yokunakekelwa komuntu siqu - okuhlanganisa i-300+ abacwaningi be-EWG abayihlonze njengequkethe i-PFAS, ngaphambi kokuthi wengeze umkhiqizo ohlelweni lwakho lobuhle. Okubaluleke kakhulu, ungabiza amalungu e-congress akho futhi unxuse umthetho ovimbela i-PFAS ezimonyweni, njenge-The No PFAS in Cosmetics Act eyethulwe izolo ngamaSenator uSusan Collins noRichard Blumenthal.

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