B, thank you for your comment. On this blog, I focus only on the impact on health and skin.

I’m doing more research on the impact skincare has on the planet and I agree with you that we’re putting too much into it. On the other hand, going natural isn’t a good alternative because it’s taking land away from agriculture… It’s hard to know what the best option is. In the meantime, what we all can do is use only the products we absolutely need instead than packing our skincare routines we stuff that doesn’t make a difference just because we fell for the marketing hype.

Maya, the samples were probably taken before parabens could be excreted from the body. But you need to consider two more things:

1. Just because something is in the breast tissue, doesn’t mean it’s causing the problem. If they had found water there, do you think that meant it’s dangerous?
2. Parabens are present in several foods, so there’s no proof they came from skincare.

This is why you can’t extrapolate a single fact from a study to prove that something is bad. There are a lot more things to consider.

Gen, parabens are safe for babies as well – in small doses. If you limit the amount of Parabens-containing products (not hard as babies don’t need makeup, serums etc), parabens won’t cause any problems. They’ll certainly less dangerous than poorly or non-preserved skincare products.