Woland99
May 5th 08, 01:16 AM
I just bought a tube of "Beljum Budder" - chamois creme.
It proudly declared to be "Paraben Free" on the package so I decided
to check the story a bit.
From FAQ on Beljum website: http://beljumbudder.com/faq.htm
"Parabens mimic estrogen". "YOU can decide for yourself if parabens
belong in your cycling shorts"
Hmmmm.... that sounds scary. Certainly I do not want to give my boys
an estrogen soak 5 times a week...
But on the other hand Wikipedia says:
"Animal experiments have shown that parabens have weak estrogenic
activity,
acting as xenoestrogens.[15] In an in vivo study, the effect of
butylparaben
was determined to be approximately 100,000 times weaker than
estradiol,
although this effect was only observed when employing a dose level
which
was 25,000 times higher than is actually used to preserve products.
[16]
As the estrogenic effect is dose-related, it may be calculated that
the
estrogenic effect at normal use concentrations of butylparaben is
100,000 x 25,000, i.e. 2,500,000,000 times weaker than estradiol."
Not sure whom to believe. I remember that first case of artificially
induced
cancer was created 100+ years ago by physician who was investigating
testicular cancer among chimney sweepers in London. He kept smearing
tar from coal on some poor rabbit's ears. So skin contact with
carcinogenic
substances can do some harm. But I am a programmer not oncologist -
maybe sbdy professional can comment on the issue.
It proudly declared to be "Paraben Free" on the package so I decided
to check the story a bit.
From FAQ on Beljum website: http://beljumbudder.com/faq.htm
"Parabens mimic estrogen". "YOU can decide for yourself if parabens
belong in your cycling shorts"
Hmmmm.... that sounds scary. Certainly I do not want to give my boys
an estrogen soak 5 times a week...
But on the other hand Wikipedia says:
"Animal experiments have shown that parabens have weak estrogenic
activity,
acting as xenoestrogens.[15] In an in vivo study, the effect of
butylparaben
was determined to be approximately 100,000 times weaker than
estradiol,
although this effect was only observed when employing a dose level
which
was 25,000 times higher than is actually used to preserve products.
[16]
As the estrogenic effect is dose-related, it may be calculated that
the
estrogenic effect at normal use concentrations of butylparaben is
100,000 x 25,000, i.e. 2,500,000,000 times weaker than estradiol."
Not sure whom to believe. I remember that first case of artificially
induced
cancer was created 100+ years ago by physician who was investigating
testicular cancer among chimney sweepers in London. He kept smearing
tar from coal on some poor rabbit's ears. So skin contact with
carcinogenic
substances can do some harm. But I am a programmer not oncologist -
maybe sbdy professional can comment on the issue.