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With the advent of urbanisation our lives became simpler and the world is now at our fingertips. But with simpler lives came complex health hazards like cancer, feminisation of baby boys, infertility etc. To allure customers, different brands started making daily needs of customers with cheap carcinogenic ingredients. These products though cheap but can make a hole in the pocket in the long run. They started making false promises of doing herculean task and harming our ecology. To do away with these dangers people are now shifting to organic products. These products are sans parabens, SLS/SLES, artificial perfumes, petrochemicals and colorants that are harmful to humans beings and nature. Food safety and drug regulators are raising concerns over the effect of parabens linked with rising case of male breast cancer, testicular cancer and female breast cancer. These chemicals can be easily absorbed into our skin potentially disrupting our endocrine system .Sodium Laureth Sulphate (SLES) is another ubiquitous chemical being widely used in detergents and surfactants based products. Triclosan is an antibacterial compound found in cleansers, which can result in strains of drug-resistant super bacteria. So next time if you go for "anti- bacterial" products, beware!! Even bathrooms where we start and end our day has been loathed with chemicals with the harmful bathroom cleansers, toothpastes and detergents. Mother nature has cure for everything and many brands like Ecover cleaning products and Green people cosmetics products keep their ingredient list as close to the green nature as possible because using only certified organic products can be limiting. But we can have a tranquillity of mind looking at the non availability of parabens, sles, sls and surfactant based chemicals. Ecover cleaning products and Green People cosmetics products are some of the very few organic line of products, which has been certified by various laboratories and organic farming standards. While Ecover cleaning products are a line of eco friendly cleaning solutions like toilet cleaners, laundry washes etc., made from natural ingredients, Green People cosmetics products have a huge range of skin care, hair care and grooming products. Also Ecover delivers their products for free to homes in the UK. We can follow the following steps and help the planet go green as follows: • The problem facing the FMCG companies was availability of preservatives to prevent the products from getting manifested with bacteria and fungi. For these they started adding parabens. We as consumers can take the step of storing the cosmetics in refrigerators to prevent the formation of bacteria and fungi. Also to increase shelf life chemicals are being added and for this it is advisable to use the products within a few days of opening. • Make your own skincare products at home for example use a mix of coconut oil and honey to make a DIY face mask at home. Use Aloe Vera gel to treat sunburn and rashes etc. • The cost of producing organic farm products is high compared to the inorganic products. For this, most of the people opt for cost effective inorganic produce. So next time if you are buying some products which claim to be natural and is cheap, beware!! Rather than consumer, the local government should provide additional incentive for producing organic products and encourage more organic companies to come forward. • Patience is the key. Being natural, they take time to show the desired benefits unlike in the inorganic products, which can chemically steer hormonal factors and produce fast results. We should not get impatient if we don't see it lather and produce bubbles in large amount as these are free of surfactants. Also opt for products that are fragrance free. Apart from benefiting the consumers, producing natural eco friendly products also supports the local rural economy. Natural products contain enormous chemical diversity that is unsurpassed by any synthetic products. Do thorough research about the brand before using the products. It's in the nature of humans to be curious and due to curiosity we do try many products and is later left fumed seeing the allergic reactions it causes. By going organic we can be lest sure that even if it takes time to show its effects it won’t disappoint by popping pimples and rashes. On an average, men and women use about 200 chemicals on their skin in the form of sprays, lotion, creams and washes and these chemicals gets absorbed into the bloodstream. They might be waiting eagerly to see the superficial beneficiary of these results and ignorant about the underlying dangers. Not only cosmetics, even daily household needs are quite harmful in the long run because no one knows how certain chemicals build up and affects us over time. Consumers need to come forward and go organic with so many companies like Ecover cleaning products providing green bathroom cleansers and Green People Cosmetics products having their own line of various natural eco friendly grooming products. With people spending more time on internet, these organic produces can be bought online through various websites and delivered for free to their homes.
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