Carcinogenic Ingredients to Watch Out For!

To the best of my knowledge, here is a list of ingredients to avoid. They can be found in everything from household cleaners to cosmetics, soaps, lotions, hair products and toothpaste to foods. And just because a product is made for a baby or child does not mean it won't contain carcinogenic ingredients! This is not a complete list but it's a good start.

Petroleum
Petrolatum
Formaldehyde
Quaternium
Polyquaternium
Dimethyl
Methylthiomethane
Methanol (aka methyl alcohol)
Titanium Dioxide
Paradichlorobenzene (found in toilet bowl cleaners)
Perchloroethylene (found in dry cleaning fluid, spot removers and carpet cleaners)
Sodium 2 (pesticide)
4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (pesticide)
Tobacco and tobacco smoke
FD&C Red 40 (in hair dyes)
Diaminoanisole (in hair dyes)
Saccharin (found in toothpaste)
Phenol fluoride (found in toothpaste)
Talc (ex: Talcum powder. Can cause ovarian cancer) (use corn starch instead)
BHA
Triethanolamine
Trisodium Nitrilotriacetate
Allethrin
Dioxin (found in Lysol)
Propoxur (flea collars. Trader Joe's makes a safer alternative)
Pesticides (flea collars, termite control) Insecticides and Herbicides- increased risk of childhood brain cancer
Lanolin ( because its contaminated with pesticides and DDT, aka dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
Acetone
Acid Blue 9
Crystalline Silica (cat litter)
Diethanolamine (aka DEA - found in cleaning products)



Found in food products 

Acrylamides (found by frying starchy foods)
Tannins (can be found in tea, coffee and cocoa)
Safrol (sassafras tea, cinnamon, cocoa, nutmeg and other herbs and spices)
Nitrates (found in hot dogs, bacon and ham) (buy uncured, nitrate free meats)
Benzene hexachloride
Black pepper
Food coloring and preservatives
Dacthal
Dieldrin (hot dogs and non organic milk containers)
DDT (hot dogs and non organic milk containers)
Heptachlor (hot dogs and non organic milk containers)
Hexachlorobenzene (hot dogs and non organic milk containers)
Llindane
Recombinant bovine growth hormone (non organic milk)
Igf-1 (non organic milk)
Artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, acesulfame-K, sucralose, alitame and neotame.
Smoked foods
Butter yellow food coloring (N,N-dimethyl-4-amino-azobenzene)
perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA (food packaging material)
Trans Fats



~ Avoid all cakes, cookies and biscuits that list saturated fats in their ingredients
~ Eat organic
~ Grapes, carrots, tomatoes, citrus fruits and mushrooms are good anti-cancer foods







Resources: Wikicancer.org, cancerIQ.org, preventcancer.com, copperwiki.org