Why are parabens in cosmetics dangerous for pregnant women?

If you decide not to bother with the choice cosmetics during pregnancy - it is worth thinking twice. And at least throw away the jars that contain parabens.

Scientists have conducted studies and experiments that have shown the clear harm of parabens.

So, in women at 34 weeks of gestation, who used beauty products with parabens, they found a high level of butylparaben in their urine, which disrupts the work of the endocrine system, reproductive system, promotes breast cancer, has a general toxic effect on organism.

Scientists also predict that children of those mothers who use cosmetics with parabens are more likely to become obese by the age of 8 (again, due to a hormonal failure). At the same time, this risk is higher for girls than for boys, since butylparaben acts as a female hormone estrogen, which girls already have in abundance.

Experimentally, this effect has been proven in mice. So, pregnant mice were exposed to butylparaben. Their children turned out to be more fat than the mice from the control group.

At the same time, one should not think that parabens are the main factor in the appearance of excess weight in children. Family eating habits and the amount of physical activity play a major role.

It is also important to remember that parabens harm not only your health, but also the inhabitants of the reservoirs where sewage water is discharged - and therefore the environment in general.

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