Definition of phthalate
: any of various salts or esters of phthalic acid used especially as plasticizers and in solvents
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Like everything in the Moon Juice kingdom, Beauty Shroom is free of chemicals (parabens, phthalates, silicone, gluten, among others).
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Buy Now Tata Harper restorative eye cream Every guy should have his medicine cabinet stocked with a does-it-all eye cream and this all-natural, paraben-free, phthalate-free, and sulfate-free fits the bill.
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The campaign will identify products that are made without ingredients like surfactants (chemicals used to help clean and create suds) SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehyde, phthalates, musks, or mineral oil.
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Some of the products below are free of synthetic fragrances and colors, phthalates and parabens, and haven’t been tested on animals.
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And be smart about avoiding potential toxins in plastics and receipts (phthalates and BPA), household cleaners, garden pesticides, water (use a home filter) and air.
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Verboten substances like phthalates, fragrances, and parabens will negatively affect the product’s overall score on the app.
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Some common additives such as phthalates (which soften PVC) or bisphenol-A (which hardens many types of plastic used in consumer goods) are chemically akin to human hormones, and might therefore disrupt them in high concentrations.
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Like its skin care sister, Ever Makeup touts clean formulas, without questionable ingredients such as parabens, sulfates, and phthalates, and with the brand's signature LSR10 complex.
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