Wani Sabon Nazari Ya Sami Babban Matsayi Na Guba 'Chemicals Har Abada' A cikin Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Gwari na 120

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Ga idon da ba a horar da shi ba, jerin dogon sinadaren da ke bayan marufi na mascara ko kwalbar tushe ya yi kama da an rubuta shi cikin wasu yare masu kama da baƙi. Ba tare da samun damar zazzage duk waɗannan sunaye guda takwas masu ma'ana da kanku ba, dole ne ku sanya kaɗan kaɗan.Amintacciya - cewa kayan kwalliyar ku ba shi da lafiya kuma jerin abubuwan da ke cikin sa daidai ne - cikin masana kimiyya waɗanda suka tsara dabarun samfuran ku. Amma sabon binciken da aka buga a mujallar Wasiƙun Kimiyya da Fasahar Muhalli yana nuna cewa, wataƙila, bai kamata ku yi saurin amincewa da abin da kuke sawa a fuskarku da jikinku ba.

Bayan gwaje-gwajen kayan shafawa 231 - ciki har da tushe, mascaras, concealers, da lebe, ido, da kayan gira - daga shaguna irin su Ulta Beauty, Sephora, da Target, masu bincike na Jami'ar Notre Dame sun gano cewa kashi 52 cikin 100 sun ƙunshi manyan matakan per- da polyfluoroalkyl abubuwa (PFAS). Wanda ake yiwa lakabi da "sinadarai na har abada," PFAS ba sa rushewa a cikin muhalli kuma yana iya haɓakawa a cikin jikin ku tare da maimaita bayyanar da lokaci, kamar shan gurɓataccen ruwa, cin kifi daga ruwan, ko hadiye gurɓataccen ƙasa ko ƙura, bisa ga kuskure. zuwa Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka. Ana amfani da waɗannan sinadarai a cikin kayan dafa abinci marasa sanda, tufafi masu hana ruwa, da yadudduka masu jurewa, bisa ga CDC.

A cikin duniyar kyakkyawa, PFAS galibi ana ƙara shi zuwa kayan kwaskwarima da samfuran kulawa na mutum (tunani: lotions, masu tsabtace fuska, tsumman aski) don haɓaka juriyarsu na ruwa, daidaituwa, da dorewa, a cewar binciken. A kan alamomin kayan masarufi, PFAS sau da yawa za ta haɗa kalmar "fluoro" a cikin sunayensu, bisa ga Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Muhalli, amma binciken ya gano cewa kashi 8 ne kawai na kayan kwalliyar da aka gwada suna da kowane PFAS da aka jera azaman sinadarai. Daga cikin dukkan nau'ikan kwaskwarima guda takwas da aka gwada, tushe, samfuran ido, mascaras, da samfuran lebe sun kasance mafi girman samfuran samfuran da ke ɗauke da furotin mai yawa (alamar PFAS), a cewar masu binciken. (Mai dangantaka: Mafi kyawun Mascaras Mai Tsabta da Halitta)

Ba a sani ba ko da gangan aka ƙara PFAS a cikin waɗannan samfuran ko a'a, amma masu binciken sun nuna cewa da sun kasance sun gurɓata yayin ƙera ko daga kwandon kwantena. Hukumar Abinci da Magunguna ta Amurka kuma ta lura cewa wasu PFAS na iya kasancewa ba da gangan ba a cikin kayan shafawa saboda ƙazantar kayan abu ko "rushewar abubuwan PFAS waɗanda ke samar da wasu nau'ikan PFAS."

Ba tare da la'akari da dalilin ba, kasancewar waɗannan sinadarai yana da ɗan ban sha'awa: Bayyanawa ga manyan matakan wasu PFAS na iya haifar da haɓakar matakan cholesterol, rage amsawar rigakafin yara, ƙara haɗarin hawan jini a cikin mata masu juna biyu, da haɗarin koda. da ciwon daji na testicular, a cewar CDC. Nazarin dabbobi - yin amfani da allurai da yawa fiye da matakan da aka samo a cikin yanayi - sun kuma nuna cewa PFAS na iya haifar da lalacewar hanta da tsarin rigakafi, lahani na haihuwa, jinkirin ci gaba, da mutuwar jarirai, ta CDC.

Yayinda waɗannan haɗarin haɗarin kiwon lafiya ke sa yin amfani da PFAS a cikin kayan shafawa abin damuwa ne, masana suna yin taka tsantsan akan ɗaukar mafi munin yanayi. Marisa Garshick, MD, F.A.A.D, likitan fata a New York City ta ce "Ba a sani ba nawa ne ainihin ke shaye -shaye [ta fata] da kuma yadda ake fallasa mutane gwargwadon adadin da aka samu a kayayyakin kayan shafa." "Don haka kawai saboda waɗannan [tasirin] an [gani a cikin] binciken da aka yi akan dabbobi, wanda aka ba da adadi mai yawa [na PFAS], shi ba yi yana nufin hakan zai shafi wannan saitin, inda ba a san adadin bayyanarsa ba."

Har yanzu, yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa kayan kwalliyar da aka gwada a cikin binciken ana iya amfani da su a fuska, gami da kusa da idanu da baki - wuraren "inda fatar gaba ɗaya ta fi ƙanƙanta kuma ana iya samun ƙarin sha idan aka kwatanta da sauran sassan jiki," Inji Dr. Garshick. Hakazalika, marubutan binciken sun nuna cewa PFAS a cikin lipstick na iya yin amfani da shi ba da gangan ba, kuma waɗanda ke cikin mascara na iya yuwuwa a sha su ta hanyar tsagewar hawaye. (Har ila yau karanta: Menene Bambanci Tsakanin Tsabtace da Kayayyakin Kayan Halittu?)

Don haka, yakamata ku jefa duk kayan kwalliyar ku cikin shara? Yana da rikitarwa. Rahoton 2018 akan PFAS a cikin kayan shafawa, wanda Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Denmark ta gudanar, ya ƙaddara cewa "auna adadin PFCA [nau'in PFAS] a cikin kayan kwaskwarima da kansu ba sa yin haɗari ga masu siye." Amma a cikin mafi munin yanayin yanayin - wanda marubutan ba su lura ba musamman - a can iya zama haɗari idan ana amfani da kayan shafawa da yawa waɗanda ke ɗauke da PFAS lokaci guda. (Mai Dangantaka: Sabuwar 'Kyakkyawar Kyau' Documentary Ta Haska Haske akan Haɗarin Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kayan Kaya

TL; DR: "Saboda gabaɗayan bayanan yana da iyaka, ba za a iya yanke shawara mai ƙarfi ba," in ji Dr. Garshick. "Ana buƙatar ƙarin bincike don kimanta adadin PFAS da aka samo a cikin kayan shafawa, girman sha ta fata, da haɗarin lafiyar da ke tattare da wannan fallasa."

Kodayake haɗarin cutar PFAS a cikin kayan shafawa har yanzu yana cikin iska, akwai matakan da zaku iya ɗauka don rage bayyanar ku. EWG, wanda bai shiga cikin binciken ba, yana ba da shawarar duba bayanan Skin Deep Database, wanda ke ba da jerin abubuwan sinadarai da ƙimar aminci don kusan kayan kwalliya 75,000 da samfuran kulawa na sirri - gami da 300+ waɗanda masu binciken EWG suka gano suna ɗauke da PFAS, kafin ku ƙara. samfur zuwa kyakkyawa na yau da kullun. Mafi mahimmanci, zaku iya kiran membobin majalisar ku kuma ku ba da shawarar dokar da ta haramta PFAS a cikin kayan kwalliya, kamar The No PFAS in Cosmetics Act gabatar jiya ta Sanata Susan Collins da Richard Blumenthal.

Kuma idan har yanzu kuna cikin damuwa, babu abin da ba daidai ba tare da tafiya au yanayi da kyau, à la Alicia Keys.

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