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TPHP is listed on the ingredient labels of a wide
array of nail polishes now on the market. Out
of more than 3,000 nail products in EWG’s Skin
Deep database, half disclose the use of TPHP.
Could nail polish affect pregnancy and chil-
dren?
Well Aligned: As a mother-to-be, prior or immediately after
hearing that you are pregnant, you will natur-
ally make a few healthy decisions; you will
What does your nail polish stop smoking, stop drinking, take more rest,
you will pay more attention to your diet. Not
say about your health? only for yourself, but especially for your child.
Would this also mean that you would have to
give up your well-groomed nails for a while?
Sustainable Wellness Series Absolutely not. However, considering all the
possible toxin material in your nail products
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you would want to put in some effort to do
We Are Health Tribe B.V, find out more at some research and pay close attention to the
www.wearehealthtribe.com quality and content of your products. There
are nail care products and brands with beau-
tiful lacquers who will not get in the way of you
Joie de vivre, guilty pleasure and and your baby’s health. Look for brand quality
the weather labels like the Big 3Free, Big5Free and up to
even the Big10Free which will identify how free
very week I look at the weather fore- of harmful chemicals your product really is.
cast for the coming 7 days. Will I get Your nail polish must be free of formaldehyde,
to enjoy the sun, wear sandals and a formaldehyde resin, foluene, camphor, TPHP,
ravishingly blue colour nail polish? Or parabens, xylene, ethyl tosylamide, dibutyl
will it be a shiny nude because it will phthalate (DBP) and led
Ebe raining cats and dogs, my toes will
be stuffed away and I will not get to wear Nail Industry, Economy and Business
one of my favourite bright colour dresses?
Market analysts predict that the global market
Sometimes I wonder how did women chose of nail polish will represent a value of 9 billion
their favourite colour nail polish half a cen-
dollars by the end of 2019.
tury ago? Going to the cinema in those days
was a real treat. Women around the world
A recent survey found that female respond-
were inspired by famous Hollywood act-
resses to paint their nails bright red. Sophia ents in the UK spent on average £112.65 per
month on their appearance. Nail-care ser-
Loren, Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe
vices account for an estimated 10% of the
come to mind. Did Marilyn imagine that her
overall beauty and hairdressing industry rev-
beautiful red nails will become a world class
enue of £3.7bn in the UK alone. Nail-care ser-
inspiration for women? What else didn’t she
know about nail polish? vices prices range from £10 for basic nail-
varnish services to £100 for permanent nail ex-
tensions using bio gels.
Would she ever guess that nail pol-
ish presents a considerable health Exponentially nail polish is the fastest rising
risk? and most sold product in the cosmetic in-
dustry. Nails Salons are the 7th most popular
type of start-up business. A never-ending in-
California’s Department of Toxic Substances
spiration, new nail bars open daily and ambi-
Control has proposed listing nail products
containing toluene to be under it’s Safer tious entrepreneurs promote their brand,
Consumer Products programme. products, services and business to attract
their ideal target audience.
The chemical toluene, a toxin that may
The rising demand for nail polish especially
cause birth defects and developmental
problems in children of pregnant women among young people contributes to the
who have had extended exposure. strong sales increase. About 91% of girls
between 9 and 17 years old use some form of
nail polish or other nail care products. When
They also looked for dibutyl phthalate (DBP),
you let this sink in for a while, one question
which has been linked to birth defects in might come to mind.
studies involving lab animals, and formalde-
hyde, a carcinogen.
Who is actually buying the nail polish for a
child?
Then there is Triphenyl phosphate, or TPHP, a
suspected endocrine-disrupting chemical,
which is commonly used to make plastics Usually it is their mum, their grandmother or
and as a fire retardant in foam furniture. And friends and family. Perhaps you could share
this article with them!
if you wear nail polish, it could be in your
body too.
If you find the information contained in this
article useful, tell us about it! Send us your
Researchers at Duke University tested the ur-
ine of 26 women who had recently painted feedback; best comments, photos and contri-
butions will be published here and receive a
their nails and found evidence of TPHP in
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every participant. Evidence of the chemical
in the women’s urine increased sharply after 69
they applied the nail polish.
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