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Get ready for a hot take episode! Today we're diving into ethoxylated ingredients. A lot of ethoxylated ingredients are really hard to spot on labels. Unfortunately, they're not always gonna say "ethoxylated ingredient," so it's important that we know what to look for.
This episode is actually going to give you a really good idea of what I teach in my Toxin Free in 3 course. There is an entire module that teaches about ingredients and ingredient safety. We don't stop at why you should avoid certain ingredients and the science behind it. Everyone in my Toxin Free in 3 course walks away with an understanding of how to read labels quickly.
Ethoxylation is a process involving ethylene oxide, a carcinogen, reacted with other ingredients to make them milder. However, this process leaves behind contaminants like 1,4-dioxane, a carcinogen and skin penetrator. The problem lies not just in the primary ingredient but also in the contaminants. 1,4-dioxane exposure can cause various health issues, from skin problems to liver and kidney damage.
In this episode, I discuss:
- Does vacuum stripping actually make a product more clean?
- Common ethoxylated ingredients:
- phenoxylethanol
- alcohol ethoxylates
- ingredients ending in E T H, PEG/PPG/PEO
- polysorbates
- How the US treats ethoxylated ingredients differently than Canada and the EU
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