Is Soy Lurking in Your Toiletries Bag?

It turns out soy is not only being added to many foods, but it is also finding its way into many cosmetics, shampoos, and other health and beauty items we use on a daily basis.  Remember:  Your skin is a route of absorption of toxic substances just as ingestion or inhalation!  

Next time you are shopping be sure to check your labels and you may want to go through you closets and medicine cabinets in the meantime too!  Items that may contain soy or a soy derivative include:  bubble baths, face and hand creams, lotions, makeup, nail polish removers, shampoos and conditioners, soaps.  Even many brand name items contain soy - Aveeno, Cover Girl, Oil of Olay, Revlon, to name a few... 

Use this list to guide you when you are checking labels for soy and soy based ingredients:

PEG-10 soya sterol
Soy sterol
Soy protein
     Soy protein concentrate
Proteins, soy
Soybean protein
Soy acid
     Soy acid;
     Acids, soy;
     Fatty acids, soya
PEG-16 soy sterol
PEG-75 soy glycerides
Soybean sterol
Soy glyceride, hydrogenated
Soybean oil, maleated
PEG-5 soy sterol
Alkyd resin solution
     Soya oil, phthalic anhydride, pentaerythritol polymer;
     Soybean oil, polymer with pentaerythritol and phthalic anhydride;
     1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic anhydride, pentaerythritol, soybean oil 
polymer;
     Pentaerythritol, phthalic anhydride, soybean oil polymer
Soy protein, hydrolyzed
     Hydrolyzed soy protein;
     Soy protein, hydrolyzed;
     Protein hydrolyzates, soya
Quaternary ammonium salts
     Quaternary ammonium compounds, ethyldimethylsoya alkyl, Et 
     Soyethyldimonium ethosulfate;
     Dimethylethylsoyaammonium ethosulfate
Lecithin
     Lecithins
     Lecithine
Soybean lecithin
Soybean oil blend
Soybean oil
     Extract of soy
     Oils, soybean;
     Soy germ extract;
     Soya oil;
     Soybean Oil [USAN]
Alkyd resin
     Linseed oil, polymer with pentaerythritol, phthalic anhydride, 
     oil, styrene and vinyltoluene
Soybean meal
Soyaethyl morpholinium ethosulfate
     Morpholinium compounds, N-ethyl-N-soya alkyl, ethyl sulfates;
     N-Soya-N-ethyl morpholinium ethosulfate
Soyatrimonium chloride
     N-(Soya alkyl)-N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium chloride;
     Quaternary ammonium compounds, trimethylsoya alkyl, chlorides;
     Quaternium-9;
     Soya trimethyl ammonium chloride