Widely used in the manufacture of cosmetics, personal care products and detergents component, 1,4-dioxane, as it turned out, can provoke the development of cancer. His carcinogenic abilities were manifested in experiments on mice.

The Daily Mail reported that this substance is widely distributed in personal care products sold in supermarkets. This is despite the fact that scientists have previously assumed a serious harmful potential of the chemical - the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously recommended that manufacturers not include this substance in cosmetic products.

The publication led the opinion of experts that 1,4-dioxane may appear in shampoo and soap composition unintentionally, as a by-product of other ingredients.

According to them, 1,4-dioxane is a by-product of the production of another chemical, sodium lauryl sulfate, which is actively used by manufacturers of cosmetics, hygiene products and detergents.

In the state of New York, they are now trying to completely ban the use of 1,4-dioxane in all its forms.

"Experiments on laboratory rats have shown that 1,4-dioxane has carcinogenic activity, causing cancer of the abdominal cavity organs," the experts motivated the idea of ??such a ban.

Source: News Yu.

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