Is Coco Amine diethylamide safe as an ingredient for shampoo and other personal care products?

Cocamide DEA (or MEA or TEA) is used as a foaming agent, to make the lather. The other surfactants will generate a certain amount of suds, but this foaming agent is added to get the amount just right. Besides its foam stabilizing effects, it is also a viscosity booster (it's thick).Is Coco Amine diethylamide safe as an ingredient for shampoo and other personal care products?
DEA and MEA are usually listed on the ingredient label in conjunction with the compound being neutralized. Thus look for names like Cocoamide DEA or MEA, Lauramide DEA, etc.





These are hormone-disrupting chemicals and are known to form cancer causing nitrates and nitrosamines. These are commonly found in most personal care products that foam, including bubble baths, body washes, shampoos, soaps and facial cleansers.





Similarly, possibly the most dangerous of all ingredients in personal care today is SLS. Research has implicated SLS in damaging the immune system, especially within the skin. Skin layers may separate and inflame due to its protein denaturing properties, staying in the body for up to five days. Other studies have indicated that SLS easily penetrates through the skin and enters and maintains residual levels in the heart, the liver, the lungs and the brain.





So look for shampoos %26amp; personal care preparations that are free from Cocoamide %26amp; SLS. Good natural ones like Segals Solutions are not only free from these but also contain special vitamins and anti-oxidants.

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