![]() While kind of depressing (so many products are bad, you guys!) the app is also a powerful tool to help you make informed decisions. My beloved Kiehl’s Cucumber Herbal Alcohol-Free Toner registered an “8” because it contains urea, a preservative and anti-microbial that has been linked to eczema.īut don’t let that get you down-the app also shows you dozens of other similar products that have a lower toxicity index. ![]() MORE: The Beauty Tools You’re Not Cleaning… But Should BeĪ lot of my own beauty products still weren’t in the database (sadly) but I made a few disheartening discoveries. But I was also shocked that my seemingly healthy soap was a “9” on the scale because of the amount of fragrance it had, a potential irritant. Meyers hand soap was dirtier than I thought. When I took the app to scan objects in my bathroom, I thought I knew what would be toxic (my Scrubbing Bubbles toilet bowl cleaner) and what wouldn’t (my Mrs. “There’s no premarket testing to make sure the product is safe for use before it’s sold to you,” she told CBS News last year. Margie Kelly, who works with the national coalition Safe Cosmetics, says that we’re currently living in the “Wild West” of household and beauty products. You then get a number scale (one is the best, least-toxic and ten = makes your skin crawl and gives you a massive case of hypochondria). It’s also partnered with San Francisco nonprofit Breast Cancer Fund. It then pulls from a database of more than 3,200 brands and 350,000 products, using publicly available data from nonprofit and government reports. ThinkDirty ( currently for iOS and in beta for Android, free) lets you scan barcodes of your favorite household goods and beauty products. I’ve spent the better part of the last decade trying to atone for those sins against my body, and an app has helped me do a lot of the heavy lifting. These were all modern miracles, so why would you need to question what actually goes into making the damn things? I used any old cleaning supplies without opening the window first, cooked on Teflon pans, and slathered margarine on everything like it was my job. As a teenager of the late ‘90s, there wasn’t really a lot of thought put into where something came from or what it could mean for my health.
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