Bebe, chapstick, Eucerin: Ökotest risk warns of cancer-lip-care – Video

In Winter, the lips will quickly become brittle and cracked. Remedy care make pens. But many of them contain mineral oils with a potentially cancer-causing substances. This plug in popular brands.

In Winter, the lips will quickly become brittle and cracked. Remedy care make pens. But many of them contain mineral oils with a potentially cancer-causing substances. This plug in also in popular brands such as Bebe, Eucerin, and Labello. The experts of Öko-Test urge, therefore, to be careful when buying.

The following seven substances should not contain your lip care according to Öko-Test:

These substances are the saturated Petroleum hydrocarbons, which accumulate in the fat tissue and the liver. In animal experiments, leading to organ damage. In you can find aromatic Petroleum hydrocarbons – short-MOAH -. Even the smallest MOAH-amounts in the body can be carcinogenic. Therefore, the European food safety authority (EFSA) considers the inclusion of MOAH as “potentially worrying”.

In natural cosmetics, mineral oil is prohibited

Öko-Test is criticized: Some of the lip balms are almost half of the oil. This is of particular concern because the substances used in lip care by Licking, eating or Drinking can migrate in the body and also contained in the MOAH traces.

If you only want to use products without mineral oil, should pay attention to when purchasing, so be sure to the information on the packaging – or to resort to natural cosmetics. Because mineral oils are generally prohibited.

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