Parabens have been declared safe in the concentrations they are used in skin care and cosmetics – up to 0.25% in the United States. And based on the evidence, most agree with the FDA’s decision: parabens have not been shown to cause cancer or hormonal defects in the typical concentrations they are used in skin care or cosmetics products in vivo. Nor have they been shown to “build up” in the skin for longer than 36 hours at a time.
A study in the Journal of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology states we eat ten times more parabens in foods than we apply topically.
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