I know it’s been a while… I was on vacation! Not from learning, though, only from work.
Today I learned…
- Body care products are often made with parabens (e.g. methylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben, etc.), which are used for their antimicrobial, preservative, bacteriocidal, and fungicidal properties. Though studies have not confirmed any of the actual health risks some people have proposed related to the use of parabens (cancer, hormone effects, etc.), it is true that parabens tend to block moisture, which prolongs the negative effects some such products were designed to alleviate. In other words, Chapstick provides a temporary salve for dry, chapped lips, but in blocking new moisture from being absorbed, it fails to solve the problem.