{"id":6461,"date":"2022-05-13T09:13:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthypleasures.de\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:55:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T07:55:55","slug":"is-non-toxic-nail-polish-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthypleasures.de\/en\/news\/is-non-toxic-nail-polish-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Non Toxic Nail Polish really existing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

5 free, vegan friendly, gluten free, 9 free\u2026call it what you will. But is non toxic nail polish a lie? New evidence suggests it is<\/em><\/p>\n

By Diane Small<\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love having sparkly, polished nails<\/a>? A pedicure looks great with a sandal or with bare feet on the beach, and a beautiful manicure never fails to give our confidence level a bit of a boost. And now that there\u2019s a plethora of 5 (or more) \u2013 free nail varnish brands on the market, we can rest assured that our mani\/pedi addiction is healthy.<\/p>\n

Or\u2026can we?<\/p>\n

Most of us never question whether 5-free nail polishes are non-toxic. That\u2019s mainly since they\u2019re definitely free of nasty ingredients like dibutyl phthalate (DnBP), toluene, or formaldehyde. And those ingredients are nasty indeed: the latter can cause birth defects, thyroid problems, allergic reactions and even cancer, for example. But the truth is that new research shows the chemicals 5-free\u00a0do<\/em>\u00a0contain may not be any safer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, does that mean non toxic nail polish is a lie? Let\u2019s look at the evidence.<\/p>\n

Is non toxic nail polish a lie?<\/h3>\n

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The study mentioned above was published in Environmental Science and Technology.<\/i> It examines the common practice of nail polish manufacturers labeling their products as \u201c5-free.\u201d This label usually means that in addition to the aforementioned \u201ctoxic trio\u201d above, their formulas are also free of the potential allergens camphor and formaldehyde resin.<\/p>\n

Ok, I know what you may be thinking: 5-free is nothing<\/em>, right? There are now polishes that claim to be all the way up to 13-free. So, that sounds pretty darned free of harmful chemicals, right? Maybe not so much.<\/p>\n

The study\u2019s first author, Anna Young<\/a>, a doctoral student at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, says that even if consumers think a higher number of \u201cxx-free\u201d co-relates to a healthier nail product, that may not be the case.<\/p>\n

Examining the evidence<\/h3>\n

To come to this conclusion, Young and her colleagues studied 55 nail varnishes across 44 popular brands sold in beauty stores and nail salons. They compared the labels and ingredient lists for these products, and checked to see whether each one was indeed free of the harmful ingredients as it claimed to be.<\/p>\n

This held true for the 3-to-5-free products<\/a>, but as the numbers rose, the meaning of what that number meant became inconsistent.<\/p>\n

For example, of the products tested that were labelled \u201c10-free,\u201dthere were six different variations<\/em> <\/a>as to what those 10 toxic compounds were. And because there\u2019s no standard regulations for labelling products as being free of certain chemicals, there\u2019s no way to know if a certain ingredient will or won\u2019t be included in a product\u2019s list of exclusions.<\/p>\n

What defines a non-toxic nail polish?<\/h3>\n

Not sure what the difference is between \u2018regular\u2019 and \u2018non-toxic\u2019 nail polishes?<\/p>\n

Well, in case you\u2019re wondering, 5-free<\/a> means the varnish will not contain:<\/p>\n

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