Product Ingredients and Contaminants
with Evidence of Carcinogenicity
HIDDEN CARCINOGENS
Contaminants
ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES: in, LANOLIN
ARSENIC, LEAD, BLUE 1, GREEN 3: in, COAL TAR DYES
DIOXANE: in, PEG, POLYSORBATE, LAURETHS, ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOLS
CRYSTALLINE SILICA: in, AMORPHOUS SILICATES
Nitrosamine Precursors
DEA
TEA
BRONOPOL
PADIMATE O
Formaldehyde Releasers
BRONOPOL
QUATERNIUM 15
DIAZOLIDINYL UREA
IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA
DMDM HYDANTOIN
Overt Carcinogens
DEA
TALC
FLUORIDE
SACCHARIN
CRYSTALLINE SILICA
COAL TAR DYES
BLUE 1
GREEN 3
PARA-PHENYLENEDIAMINE
For details and documentation see
Steinmann & Epstein,
The
Safe Shopper's Bible, 1995, MacMillan
Press, NY (800) 434-3422
Epstein, The Politics of Cancer
Revisited, 1998, East Ridge Press, Hankins, NY (800) 288-1287
or 845- 887-6467.
CONTACT:
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
Cancer Prevention Coalition
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health, MC 922
2121 West Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60612
