PURITY: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Your skin is the largest organ. It serves as a barrier for pathogens and the outside environment. It lives, breathes, and excretes toxins; yet it also takes in sunlight, nutrients and absorbs a significant amount of whatever you put on it, in fact this is how nicotine and birth control patches work.
THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT: A survey of 2,300 people conducted as a part of the Environmental Working Groups research shows that the average adult is exposed to 126 unique chemical ingredients in an average of 9 products each day before breakfast! It’s possible to be exposed to multiple pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, phthalates, petro-chemicals, fragrances, FD&C dyes, chemical surfactants, detergents, antibacterial additives and synthetic preservatives multiple times daily. We can be exposed to these potential toxins through our food, water, hair care, cosmetics, body and skin care, cleaning products and lawn care products.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: How does this exposure affect our health long-term? Should we apply anything to the skin that we would not consider putting in our mouths?
