Should that product require labeling stating that the chemical is used to induce skin cancer in lab animals?
How about if those lab animals were the same animals used to study skin cancer treatments?
How about it the products containing the chemical used to induce skin cancer in mice, rats and hamsters was being heavily marketed to teenagers?
2007-10-02 18:07:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I was just seeking labeling thoughts. However I do have a ton of research showing that there is quite likely a direct correlation between skin cancer and benzoyl peroxide.
Here's a couple of study excerpts...
1. "Benzoyl peroxide has been shown to be a tumor promoter and progression agent in a number of animal studies. The clinical significance of this is unknown."
"Benzoyl peroxide in acetone at doses of 5 and 10 mg administered twice per week induced skin tumors in transgenic Tg.AC mice in a study using 20 weeks of topical treatment."
NOTE: Acetone is simply alcohol. Another common ingredient in skin care products.
2. "Inorganic peroxide (H(2)O(2))-mediated malignant transformation was also enhanced effectively by iron."
3. "Benzoyl peroxide promotes the formation of melanotic tumors in the skin of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-initiated Syrian golden hamsters."
4. "CONCLUSION: This study indicated that benzoyl peroxide could increase carcinogenesis of golden hamster
2007-10-02 18:26:12 · update #1
No, these are all recent studies. The rates used to induce skin cancer are lower than is being used on the faces of our children. And these kids are slopping it on like it's finger-paint. The source of these studies is the National Library of Medicine.
2007-10-02 20:20:38 · update #2
Haven't you posted this ENOUGH times already!!!
2007-10-04 10:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the point of this ongoing prattle??
Products aren't "used to induce skin cancer." Those are unwanted side effects, which you are probably reading from some radical left-field book from the 70's when animals, literally bathed and plastered in a given hazardous chemical, showed an increased rate of developing skin cancer... of which some forgettable cosmetic product might contain one part per billion....
Whoa, I'm shocked!
Get a freaking life. The Bible says that people with warped minds are despised.
2007-10-02 18:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's your beef with this particular chemical - do we REALLY need to see this same rant a dozen times?!?!?!?
Do the words "NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS" have any meaning at all???
All you do is preach on about a specific chemical that causes cancer in LAB RATS - when the BIGGER issue should be PREVENTING ANIMAL CRUELTY!!!
THAT should be the most important label - NOT "we tortured small furry animals to prove this product is not safe for use on people" >:(
2007-10-03 11:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Bubbles 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about you either contact a news station or spill to us.
Can we have some sort of link or are you talking about Ben. Perox?
2007-10-02 18:19:21 · answer #4 · answered by snaffle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋