Eye Opener: Environmental Working Group

For this eye opener, I chose something that I use daily and sometime multiple times throughout the day... Vaseline petroleum jelly! I use Vaseline nightly on my lips and on my eyes for a little extra hydration and when my lips are really chapped, I am applying it many different times throughout the day.

Here are my exact results from the Cosmetic Database Website:

Ingredients in this product are linked to:

	Cancer
	Developmental/reproductive toxicity
	Violations, restrictions & warnings
	Allergies/immunotoxicity
	Other concerns for ingredients used in this product: Contamination concerns

After doing this assignment, I am pleased to see that there are not many concerns with using this product (at least not a lot listed) that would effect my health. It is however, a shame that the company conducts animal testing. After further research on Vaseline's website, here is what I found regarding their animal testing:

"Our first priority is to our consumers and, where required by regulators for safety reasons, we carry out limited tests on some ingredients and foods to ensure our products are safe and suitable for their intended use. However, we will not use animal testing when we have available either an accepted alternative test or other information that allows us to sufficiently evaluate safety. We will continue our work for alternative methods by participating in industry and scientific programs, and we will continue to support legislation that promotes the elimination of animal testing through the development of alternative methods."