Ok ladies and gents you might want to read a couple of articles I found concerning Hair Dye. I know the last one is long but who cares read the dam thing and stop coloring your hair.
Who gives a crap what your hair looks like if it means you have to go through Chemo and stuff like I have. If I had know coloring my hair one day might give me cancer I might not have done it who knows, but I know now it may have been a contributing factor with my Lymphoma.
I never remember seeing a label that said this product may cause cancer. So ladies how bad do you want color no. 3N Dark Brown on your hair? Me if I get my hair back will never worry about what color it is again.
Dyeing For Lymphoma
Post a comment (0 Comments) | PermalinkThe researchers found an overall 19 percent increased risk of lymphoma among people who reported coloring their hair. The increased risk was 26 percent among those who used hair dye 12 or more times a year.
People who began coloring their hair before 1980 showed a 37 percent increased lymphoma risk, while those who had only dyed their hair before 1980, but not afterwards, showed a 62 percent increased risk.
Based on the findings, de Sanjose and her team calculate that roughly 10 percent of lymphomas in women could be due to the use of hair dye.
Safely Gorgeous
Hair Dyes to Die For
Republished with authorized consent of The Doctor's Prescription For Healthy Living, Volume 2, Number 1
In this special report, we present life-saving information about the dangers of commercial hair dyes found in drug stores and beauty supply houses. We show women how to choose safe and healthy hair coloring products which pose no risk. Two great brands are Paul Penders® Color Me Naturally and Light Mountain® Natural Hair Color and Conditioner and Henna Gray.
by David Steinman
Today, 35 to 40 percent of American women, aged 18 to 60 - some 50 million - use hair dyes. That these products, as a class, remain unlabeled for their human cancer hazard is one of the worst public health scandals today.
Because of loopholes in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, these killer products continue to bear no warning whatsoever of a very real cancer hazard. The best thing that women can do to protect their health if they are using these products, particularly the darker shades, is to stop now and seek safer brands.
Proven Women's Cancer Hazard
Specifically, use of permanent and semipermanent hair dyes is associated with increased risk of non-Hodgkinís lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and Hodgkinís disease.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9 Researchers from the National Cancer Institute estimate 20 percent of all cases among women of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the disease that killed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, are due to women's use of commercial hair dye products.10 The risk seems to be greatest among users of dark shades.
The evidence is suggestive of an association with breast cancer, as I, together with my co-author Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., reported in The Breast Cancer Prevention Bible (Macmillan 1997).11, 12, 13, 14, 15 The dye para-phenylenediamine, used in virtually every commercial permanent and semipermanent product, was shown in 1986 to be carcinogenic to the breast following oxidation with hydrogen peroxide, precisely as these products are used by women.16
Further evidence of the cancer risk from hair dye use comes from studies of hairdressers that have provided clear evidence both men and women are at increased risk for bladder and other cancers.17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Finally, hair dyes may also pose a risk to children whose mothers used them shortly prior to conception or during pregnancy. In fact, the risk of childhood cancer could be increased by as much as tenfold.22, 23, 24
The Doctors' Prescription for Safe and Healthy Hair Coloring Products
For several years, weíve been following the products of Paul Penders, a Petaluma, California-based cosmetic company. We have been impressed with their purity, quality and the way they deliver great beauty results. Last year, Paul Penders made perhaps one of the truly great and important contributions to consumer health in the cosmetic field in this decade.
The Penders company last year brought out its totally natural temporary hair colors and conditioners to the public. The line is called Paul Penders Color Me Naturally. It is herbally based, totally safe, and works extremely effectively - without ammonia, peroxide, lead or sulfur.
After trying them many people prefer these products to the commercial permanent and semi-permanent hair coloring products sold in drug stores and beauty shops. We are recommending the Penders line with a two thumbs up endorsement.
Their brown, red, blue and yellow derived colors are from safe mineral salts and, whereas commercial products in drug stores and beauty shops often contain other undisclosed impurities, allergens and irritants, the Penders line doesnít at all. The company has added important conditioning herbs to the product including arnica, calendula, chamomile, ginseng root, hops, horsetail, lavender, nettle, and rosemary.
For we doctors and educators who are independent and who have witnessed the hair dye-cancer scandal, finding safer alternatives is an obsession. The Penders company has a safe beauty obsession too.
After trying them many people prefer these products to the commercial permanent and semi-permanent hair coloring products sold in drug stores and beauty shops. We are recommending the Penders line with a two thumbs up endorsement.
Light Mountain® Natural Hair Color and Conditioner and Henna Gray are both 100 remium Henna® Another Great Alternative
Henna, a naturally occurring plant native to the Middle East, has been used for thousands of years as Mother Nature's hair colorant. A semipermanent hair color, henna is completely nontoxic. Modern hennas create a wide range of very natural and beautiful hair colors.
One of the excellent qualities of henna, neither permanent or semipermanent hair coloring products possess, is that it only slowly washes out of your hair. Thus, as new hair is growing in, the problem of noticeable roots is minimized. It also actually protects the hair.
Henna is a great conditioner. Use a little daily as well for thicker, softer, fuller hair.
One company has perfected the henna process. Light Mountain® Natural Hair Color and Conditioner and Light Mountain Henna Gray are excellent products, which also come in a wide range of color variations. In fact, Light Mountain Henna Gray is the only henna product available today that can entirely cover gray with a two-step process. The Light Mountain Natural line not only adds great color shading to hair, henna is a terrific hair conditioner.
Light Mountain comes to consumers from a Twin Lakes-based Wisconsin company, Lotus Brands, Inc., which has consistently taken a conscientious and consciousness-raising approach to its link with customers. Lotus is also a major publisher and distributor of ayurveda, aromatherapy, reiki, alternative health, and classical spiritual books.
How to Locate Paul Penders Color Me Naturally and Light Mountain Natural Hair Color and Conditioner and Henna Gray
To find a health food store in your area carrying either the Paul Penders Color Me Naturally line or Light Mountain® Natural Hair Color and Conditioner and Henna Gray, contact Lotus Brands, Inc., Box 325, Twin lakes, WI 53181 or call them at (800) 824-6396 or (414) 889-8561. Their e-mail address is: lightmtn@lotuspress.com or penders@lotuspress.com. Lotus Brands is the exclusive North American distributor of the Paul Penders Color Me Naturally line.
Henna Use Tips
Light Mountain provides detailed instructions, cap and gloves, so you have everything you need. Be sure to follow these guidelines, however, when working with henna:25
- Always wear gloves when using henna as it contains a resinous substance called hannatannic acid with a coating action that can color skin and nails.
- Distilled water is best to use when mixing henna.
- Always use glass, ceramic, or plastic bowls. Stir with a wooden or plastic spoon. Never use metal utensils or a metal container when mixing henna as henna can react to metal.
- Be careful if you have a perm or chemical tint. Chemical residues left in the hair can react with the henna and cause unusual shades or brassy colors. This can also happen with hair that contains chlorine residues from swimming.
- Test on a swatch of hair.
- Over a period of several days, the new color will go through subtle and dramatic changes.
Safe Shopping Tips (Boxed Sidebar)
Follow these guidelines when selecting a hair coloring product:
- Read labels. Avoid choosing any product whatsoever listing the phenylenediamine chemical family.
- Look for the following disclaimer on the package:
CAUTION: This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness.
In both the U.S. and Canada, such warnings on the label mean that the product contains ingredients which are exempt from provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including phenylenediamine-based dyes.
- There is some evidence that most of the cancer risk of hair dyes is attributable to the darker shades.
- Some mainstream manufacturers have begun offering hair coloring products to which theyíve added herbal extracts, and then call these products natural. Forget it. Every line we investigated contained deadly phenylenediamine dyes.
The Beauty Industry's Dirty Secret
The fact that the hair color industry is legally exposing millions of women to carcinogenic chemicals without label warnings is, in part, due to legislation governing cosmetics dating to the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. At that time, intensive special interest lobbying on behalf of the hair dye industry persuaded Congress to exempt the dyes used in these products from government regulation. Under the Act, only an acute health hazard warning is required to be included on product labels that blindness might result from use on eyelashes and that a preliminary test should be conducted to avoid allergic reactions.26, 27
This legislation shouldn't be an excuse for the Food and Drug Administration's inaction on this issue. The fact is that the FDA has never gone to Congress asking for regulatory authority over hair dyes. Nor has it advocated explicit labeling of hair dyes for their carcinogenic hazard. The FDA has always heeded lobbying pressure from the hair dye industry. The dirty secret behind hair dyes' glamorous facade remains concealed in a complicit unspoken pact between Congress, the beauty industry, and lobbyists.
About The Author and The Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living
This story was originally published in The Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living whose publisher and editor is David Steinman. He is author or co-author of Diet for a Poisoned Planet (Crown 1990, Ballantine 1992), The Safe Shopper's Bible (Macmillan 1995), Living Healthy in a Toxic World (Perigee 1996), The Breast Cancer Prevention Program (Macmillan 1997) and the forthcoming Doctors' Arthritis Cure (Keats Publishing 1998). He is chairman of Citizens for Health and served two years on a committee of the National Academy of Sciences where he co-authored Seafood Safety (National Academy Press, 1991). Steinman is a member of the teaching faculty at National University. He has won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers' Association, Sierra Club, and Society of Journalists' Best of the West. He is married to the artist Terri Steinman and they have one son.
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Safe Shopping Chart
In the following chart, we have evaluated a wide range of hair coloring products. Many belong to a class of hair colorant implicated for their cancer hazard. Though not all were specifically studied in the studies we reviewed, all of these products contain or have contained types of dyes that have shown suggestive to conclusive evidence of a cancer hazard; these products, as a class, suggest the hazard. Note the safe Paul Penders and Light Mountain brands. See above for their telephone number and other information to find a health food store nearest you carrying their products. Your local health food store carries these products.
Hair Coloring Products for Women | ||
| Product | Health Risks | |
| Allergies | Cancer | |
| Irritants | ||
| Born Blonde No-Peroxide Lotion Toner (Blissfully Blonde) | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairesse Gentle Colors for Permed & Delicate Hair (Medium Ash Brown) | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| Clairol Balsam Color Conditioning Shampoo-In Haircolor (Palest Blonde) | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| Clairol Frost & Tip | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairol Light Effects | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairol Loving Care Color Lotion | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairol Nice ín Easy | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| Clairol Maxi Blonde The Maximum Hair Lightener | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairol Hairpainting Quiet Touch Brush-On Highlighting Kit Blonde to Light Brown Permed Hair | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairol Quiet Touch Brush-On Highlighting Kit Hair-painting Original Formula for Blonde to Light Brown Hair | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Clairol Ultimate Blonde | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| Clairol Ultress Gel Colourant (Dark Blonde) | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| Great Day Dark Brown/Black | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Hennalucent by Ardell | MINIMAL RISK | no risk |
| Jerome Russell Spray-In Color Highlights | CAUTION | no risk |
| Light Mountain Natural Hair Color & Conditioner (all shades) | no risk | no risk |
| Light Mountain Henna Gray (all shades) | no risk | no risk |
| L'OrÈal Advantage (Light Ash Brown) | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| L'OrÈal Excellence Color Reliance (Dark Brown) | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| L'OrÈal Performing Preference Les Blondissimes | MINIMAL RISK | CAUTION |
| L'OrÈal Performing Preference Permanent Creme-In Haircolor | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| L'OrÈal Summer Soleil Subtle Hair Lightener | CAUTION | MINIMAL RISK |
| L'OrÈal Super Blonde Lightener Kit | MINIMAL RISK | MINIMAL RISK |
| Miss Clairol (Sunny Blonde) | MINIMAL RISK | CAUTION |
| Paul Penders Color-Me Naturally | no risk | no risk |
| Revlon Colorsilk Salon Formula Ammonia-Free Haircolor | CAUTION | CAUTION |
| Salon Formula Sun-In | MINIMAL RISK | no risk |
| Wella Color Charm Liquid Creme Hair Color | MINIMAL RISK | CAUTION |
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