Yes, Chemicals In Nail Polish Can Leach Into Your Body

Everybody knows there are dangerous-sounding chemicals in nail polish, but many of us think our limited contact with wet polish is too minimal to cause much risk. After all, we're not drinking it!  But new research may chip away at your worry-free tradition of weekly mani-pedis: A study led by Duke University and the public health advocacy organization Environmental Working Group suggests that we absorb at least one potentially hormone-disrupting chemical every time we get a polish. While the impact of this chemical on our health is still unclear, the fact that our body can absorb chemicals through nail polish is cause for concern.  The chemical in question is triphenyl phosphate, or TPP. Companies add it to products to make them less flammable, although in nail polish it's used to make the product stick more strongly to the nail.  TPP is listed as an ingredient in about 49 percent of the 3,000 nail polishes and treatments in EWG’s database, but the group suspects there may be more companies who use the chemical but don’t disclose it. TPP is also commonly used in many consumer goods, like foam seating, bedding products, and electronic products, which might be why researchers have found the chemical in the majority of participants in studies on pregnant women and international samples of breast milk. Companies have been using TPP in consumer products since it was first patented in 1910. A definitive report from the Organization for Eco...
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