Guide to cosmetics and personal care products · Reduce your risk Use fewer cosmetics and personal care products, and less often; Avoid fragranced products, which may include numerous
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Selected references
Konduracka, E. et al. (2014). Relationship between everyday use cosmetics and female breast cancer. Polish Archives of Internal Medicine 124 (5): 264-269.
UNEP/WHO (2013). State of the science of endocrine disrupting chemicals 2012: full report.
Myers, S. L. et al. (2015). Estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activity of off-the-shelf hair and skin care products. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 25(3): 271-277.
Scranton, A. (2014). Beauty and its Beast. Unmasking the Impacts of toxic chemicals on salon workers. Women’s voices for Earth, November, 2014.
Darbre, P. D. and Charles, A. K. (2010). Environmental Oestrogens and Breast Cancer: Evidence for Combined Involvement of Dietary, Household and Cosmetic Xenoestrogens. Anticancer Research 30: 815-828.
A complete list of references and a more detailed
Information Sheet on Cosmetics and Personal
Hygiene Products can be found on our website at
www.breastcanceruk.org.uk
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