What You Need to Know about Commonly Used Harmful Ingredients and their Uses

 WARNING: Many traditional water treatment, odour control and cleaning products are;

? Hazardous
? Toxic
? Harmful
? Pollutants

Traditional cleaning chemicals can cause . . .

Employee Health – chronic ailments, debilitating illnesses, reproductive disorders, cancer.
Environmental Issues – water pollution, death of marine life, eco-system imbalance, soil contamination, depletion of raw materials & ground-water fouling.
Atmospheric Air Quality – ozone loss, global warming, acid rain, air pollution.
Social Impact – loss of production, time and money.

Commonly used Harmful Ingredients and their uses:

Common Ingredients, Uses & Health Effects

Ammonium Lauryl Sulphate - A milder replacement of SLS, skin care products, car wash, degreaser - 2% as irritating as SLS (see SLS)
Ammonium Laureth Sulphate (ALES) - Foaming agent, car wash, floors, engine degreaser, cosmetics - See Anionic Surfactants, Sodium Laureth Sulphate, Nitrosating Agents
Anionic Surfactants - Car washes, floor cleaners, engine degreasers - Contaminated with nitrosamines (Carcinogen)
Balsam Peru, Benzyl Cinnamate - Face masks, perfumes, cream hair rinses, odour masking, chocolate flavourings Sensitiser – contact dermatitis and cross-react with benzoin, benzyl alcohol, essential oils and wood tars.
Benzyl Alcohol - Perfumes, hair dyes, flavourings, solvent - Skin and mucous membrane irritant and corrosive. May cross-react with balsam peru
Benzalkonium Chloride - Disinfectant, germicide, udder wash - Skin, eye irritant, mucous membranes, CNS, muscles
2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3 diol (Bronopol or BNPD) - Preservative, toiletries, antiseptic, cosmetics - Eye and skin irritant, carcinogenic decomposition by-products
Butylated hydroxianisole (BHA) - Preservative, foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, rubber, petroleum products, baby oils and lotions - Suspected human carcinogen
Butylated Hydroxtoluene (BHT) - Antioxidant, food, animal feed, synthetic rubber and plastics, oils, soaps, paints, inks - Skin & eye irritation
Carbomer 941 - Printing inks, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, paints, polishes, waxes - Eye irritation, potential allergen
Cationic Surfactants - Hair conditioners, softeners, anti-static agents - Allergenic & toxic
Cetalkonium Chloride - Textiles, fungicide, germicide, leather processing - See Cationic Surfactants
Cetrimonium Chloride - Detergent, antiseptic - See Cationic Surfactants
Chloromethylisothiazolinone - Contact  -dermatitis
Coal Tar - Shampoos, dyes, cosmetics, hand & body lotions, toothpastes, psoriasis, skin preparations, creosote, furnace fuel - Eye & skin irritant. Allergenic, sensitizer, neurotoxic, carcinogen
Cocamidopropyl Betaine - Shampoos, body washes, liquid hand soaps, personal cleansers - Potential allergen, dermatitis
Cocoamide DEA - Cleansers, body washes, shampoos - Reacts with nitrites to form nitrosamines (carcinogen)
Cocoyl Sarcosine - See Nitrosating agents
Cyclomethicone - See Silicone derived emollients
DEA (diethanolamine) - Textiles, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, lubricating liquids, cleaning products  -Eye, skin, respiratory irritant
DEET - Insect repellents - Neurological problems. Skin and eye irritant
Diomethicone  - Cosmetics Tumours and mutations in laboratory animals
1,4-dioxane Cosmetics, solvent, dyes, oils, waxes - Carcinogen, eye, skin, respiratory irritant, central nervous system, liver, kidneys, blood
Diazolidinyl Urea - Cosmetics, toiletries - Contact dermatitis, toxic, irritant
Dimethicone Copolyol - Defoaming Agents  -See Silicone derived emollients
Disodium Dioctyl Sulphosuccinate - See Anionic surfactants
Disodium Laureth Sulphosuccinate - See Anionic surfactants & Ethoxylated surfactants
Disodium Oleamide Sulphosuccinate - See Anionic surfactants
DMDM Hydantoin - Cosmetics, personal care products - May release formaldehyde )see formaldehyde) skin irritant
FD & C colour pigments eg D&C Red no 33 - Liquid hand soaps, shampoos - Skin sensitivity and irritation, depletion of oxygen in the body, carcinogenic
Fluoride - Dental, insecticide, disinfectant, preservative - Mottling of the teeth, eye, skin, repiratory irritant
Formaldehyde Preservative - disinfectant, contraceptive creams - Eye, nose, throat irritant, carcinogen
Fragrance Perfumes - air fresheners, laundry products, cosmetics, hand soaps - Headaches, dizziness, skin and throat irritant. Affects central nervous system
Hydrogen Sulphide - Analytical reagent, metallurgy, chemical manufacture. Evolved from numerous environmental natural sources - Skin, eyes, CNS, respiratory system
Hydrolysed Animal Protein - See Nitrosating agents
Hydroxyanisole - Hair dyes - Female reproductive system, potential carcinogen
Imidazolidinyl Urea & Diazolidinyl Urea - Cosmetics, shampoos, toiletries Skin irritant and sensitiser – suspected human carcinogen, weakening of the immune system
Isopropanol, Isopropy alcohol - Hair products, toiletries, cosmetics, solvent, essential oils, anti-freeze - Eye, respiratory irritant, skin dryness
Isothiazolinone - Contact - dermatitis, eye, skin, respiratory irritant
Lauryl Dimonium Hydrolysed Collagen - See cationic surfactants
Lauryl or Cocoyl Sarcosine - See anionic surfactants
Lauryl Sarcosine - See nitrosating agents
MEA (monoethanolamine) - Hair products, antibiotics, hides, agricultural chemicals, polishes - Eye, skin, respiratory irritant, central nervous system
Methylisothiazolinone & Methylchloroisothiazolinone - Cosmetics - Skin sensitiser
Methylene Chloride - Paint strippers, cosmetics, spray paints, hair sprays, cleaning fluid, insecticides - Skin, eye irritant, carcinogenic, neurotoxic
Mineral oil - Paraffin wax/oil, Liquidum Paraffinum Baby oil, moisturizers, lubricant, cosmetics, foods Premature skin ageing, potential carcinogen
Nitrosating Agents - Cosmetics - Suspected carcinogen
Oxalic acid - Analytical reagent, printing, photography, rubber manufacture, stain remover, paper industry - Eyes, skin, respiratory system, head, pulmonary oedema
Parabens (methyl, propyl) - Preservatives – foods, cosmetics, beverages - Allergenic, suspected carcinogen
Paraffin wax / oil - See Mineral Oil
Propylene glycol (PG) (1,2-Propanedial) -  Antifreeze, hair products, oven cleaner, synthetic resins, toiletries, dental, cosmetics, food colours and flavours - Immune system, potential carcinogen, eye, respiratory & skin irritant, CNS
Phenol - Disinfectant, preservative, dyes, artificial resins, toiletries From coal tar. - Eyes, skin, respiratory system, liver, kidney, poisonous and toxic
Polyvinyl pyrrolodene (PVP) - Cosmetics, toiletries, hair products - Suspected human teratogen and carcinogen
Potassium Coco Hydrolysed Collagen - See anionic surfactants
Proplene / Butylene Glycol - Cosmetics, antifreeze, foods, colours and flavours - Skin and eye irritant, respiratory irritant, CNS, blood
Psolaren - Sunscreen, medical, biology - Potential carcinogen
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - Cleaners, fabric softeners, hair products, dental, cosmetics, toiletries - Eye & skin irritant
Quaternium 15 - Dishwashing products, cosmetics - Eye & skin irritant, allergen, potential carcinogen
Rancid Natural Emollients - Cosmetics - Skin damage
Saccharin - Artificial sweetener, dental care, cosmetics, flavourings - Eye, skin & respiratory irritation, potential carcinogen
Salicylic Acid - Cosmetics, food preservatives, pharmaceuticals, azo dyes - Face, genitals, mucous membranes
Selenium Sulphide - Shampoos, tinea treatment - Eye, hair & scalp irritant
Silicone derived emollient - Cosmetics, alloy manufacture, electrical components - Eye, skin & respiratory irritation, negative environmental impact (non biodegradable), potential carcinogen
Sodium Cocoyl Sarcosinate - See anionic surfactants
Sodium Fluoride - Dental, insecticide, disinfectant, preservative, electroplating - osteoporosis Mottling of the teeth, CNS, skeleton, kidneys, eyes, skin, respiratory system
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate - See anionic surfactants
Sodium Laureth Sulphate (SLES) - Car wash soaps, floor cleaners, engine degreasers, cosmetics, toothpaste, hair conditioners - Possible carcinogenic bi-products
Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) - Car wash soaps, floor cleaners, engine degreasers, cosmetics, toothpaste, hair products - Tissue, immune system, skin, eye irritant, hair, carcinogen, CVS, CNS
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate - See nitrosating agents & anionic surfactants
Sodium monofluorophosphate - Dental, insecticide, disinfectant, preservative - Nausea, vomiting, mottling of the teeth
Sorbitan monolaurate - Cosmetics - Animal reproduction effect, suspected carcinogen
Stearalkonium Chloride - Hair products, fabric softener - Toxic, allergen (see cationic surfactants)
Sunscreens (chemical) - Absorb UV rays before skin penetration - Phototoxicity, allergic eczema, photoallergy
Talc Toiletries - tablet filler, paints, glove and shoe powders - Potential carcinogen, respiratory system, CVS, eyes
TEA compounds (Triethanolamines) - Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textiles, waxes, herbicides, cutting, oils, dyes - Eye, skin, respiratory, CVS, kidney, liver
Tetrasodium EDTA - Skin care products, cosmetics - Eye irritant
Titanium Dioxide Sunscreens - reflect, scatter, block UV radiation. Food colouring, rayon, white shoe cleaners, pigments, paints, ceramics - Respiratory system, potential occupational carcinogen
Toulene Paints - dyes, perfumes - Eyes, skin, CNS, respiratory system, kidneys, liver
Triclosan (2,4,4 Trichloro-2-Hydroxdephenyether) - Toothpaste, cosmetics, detergents, disinfectants - Skin irritant, toxin
Zinc Oxide Sunscreens - Reflect, scatter, block UV radiation. Paint, pigment, cosmetics, glues, dental, printing, cement. - Respiratory system, heat rash

For further information and technical advice, or for information an a chemical that is not listed please call +61 3 5564 6455 and talk to one of our chemists.

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