Common toxic ingredients D4 and D5 to be banned in Canada

According to Greener Design, a website dedicated to green business news, the Candadian governement as part of the evaluation through their Chemicals Management Plan has found some common shampoo ingredients toxic and plans to minimize their production and release into the environment. According to the website www.greenerdesign.com two of the substances are Siloxanes D4 and D5.

"Siloxanes D4 and D5 are two of the substances toxic to the environment, and are found in a wide swatch of products: shampoo, antiperspirants, lipstick, textiles, paints and coatings, sealants, plastics, non-medical ingredients in pharmaceuticals, food additives, surface treatments for wounds and more.

These two silicon-based chemicals were not found to be a concern to human health based on how much of the substances humans are exposed to, though they were found to be a danger to the environment since products that contain them are widely used, leading to high levels of D4 and D5 entering the environment. The substances persist in the environment and can harm fish and aquatic organisms. Read more here

The government aims to minimize the amount of D4 and D5 used in products and regulate the amount that is released through wastewater from manufacturing plants. Read more here.