Your Right to Know

1. Your Right to Know

2. 500 Chemicals A Day Affect Quality of Life • The toxic chemicals in products families use everyday have created a serious problem that is impacting their health, quality of life and their very future. • We are the first generation of people ever exposed to such an unprecedented number of chemicals on a daily basis – there are now over 70,000 chemicals commercially produced n the U.S., and the number is increasing • What products in your home contain chemicals where only a few have been tested for safety? 2

3. No One is Immune – Are You Suffering? Impact from toxic synthetic chemicals in typical personal care products is causing long term chronic and fatal illnesses . . • Breast Cancer • Heart Disease • Alzheimer’s • Multiple Sclerosis • Depression • Arthritis, joint pain • Miscarriages • Hormone Disruption • Immune Deficiencies • Obesity • Parkinson’s • Migraines • Asthma • Lupus • Birth Defects • Acne • ADD, Learning & Memory • Accelerated Aging

4. Products Causing Chemical Exposure • Synthetics in skin / hair care and household products cause birth defects, learning disorders, obesity, children’s cancers, sexual confusion… • Ingredients in shampoos, dyes, detergents & sunscreens may be mixing up your hormonal signals • Centers of Disease Control ~National Toxicology Program, • 20 years of peer-reviewed studies

5. Sodium Laureth Sulfate PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) Contain phthalates directly related to birth defects, etc Baby Shampoos, Products that Suds Lotions, Sunscreens

6. Parabens, PEGs, Hydrocortisones (Steroids) • Harm childhood and sexual development • Stimulate obesity Hormone disruptors • Harm childhood and sexual development • Early breast development • Stimulate obesity

7. MEA, TEA, DEA, Yellow Dye #5, Fragrances, Parabens, PEGs • Increase a child’s frustration and ability to cope with school and discipline • Cause depression and moodiness • Create emotional disturbances • Cause learning disorders 7

8. Hormone Disrupting Preservatives • Parabens - methy, ethyl, propyl & butyl • Mimic estrogen, suspected of estrogen-like breast cancer • Penetrate the skin and appear in blood • Found in breast tumors, linked to breast cancer • Male sterility, early breast development 8

9. Shampoos, Chemical Sunscreens, Acne Products • Male sterility, Feminization In a recent study of the feminization of wildlife, the conclusion is that “Boys will be girls – eventually.” Blame has fallen on the increasing prevalence of a group of chemicals known as endocrine disruptors found in plastics, food packaging, shampoos and pesticides. A reduction in the size of male genitals, a lower sex drive and parts of the testes turning into ovary tissue are among the symptoms that are leading to falling sperm counts and infertility among men. 9

10. Some Preservatives Cause Joint Pain Imidazolidinyl Urea, Diazolidinyl Urea & DMDM Hydantoin • Formaldehyde connected to: • Inflammatory diseases • Cancer • Other chronic conditions 10

11. Read Labels And AVOID • Benzoyl Peroxidehormone disruptor and suspected carcinogen found in acne products • DEA (Diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine)& TEA (Triethanolamine) carcinogen, memory loss • DMDM Hydantoin & Imidazolidnyl Urea / Duazikdinyl urea, 2-bromo-2nitropropane-1, 3-diol -- formaldehyde doning preservatives • FD&C Color and Pigments (coal-tar) toxic… • Fragrances, Synthetic asthma, depression, weaken imune system • PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) birth defects, etc • Parabens suspected hormone disruptors • Phthalatesoften in sunscreens, shampoos & other ingredients on this list, i.e. PEG, Triclosan • Propylene and Butylene Glycol (solvents) • Quaternium 15 (formaldehyde donor) allergen, • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)(detergent solvents) • Sunscreen chemicals: avobenzone, benzphenone, methoxycinnamate, etc. .createsfree radical, pesticides, carcinogenic) • Triclosan – antibacterial agent (hormone ...disruptor, water contaminate) www.thetff.org

12. ToxicFree® Certification Seal