Potential health effects include:
- Related to hormone disruption (mimics estrogen, inhibits testosterone)
Commonly found in:
- Cosmetics
- Sunscreen
- Shampoo/conditioner
- Hair styling gel/lotion
- For more, check out EWG’s Skin Deep database
Consumer tips:
To find products with parabens, look for any ingredient on the label that ends with “paraben”). Some products that may contain parabens include cosmetics, sunscreen, shampoo, conditioner and hair styling gel.
* Under our weak federal laws, it’s impossible for us to know all the uses of parabens in consumer products. As a result, this is not an exhaustive list of all products containing parabens.