It is now becoming apparent that chemical products such as cosmetic products used on the skin could could contribute towards the development of breast cancer, amongst other things. "Breast cancer is a process of chemical toxicity in the body. Your putting chemicals on your skin through your skin creams and it's going through into the blood stream. Your breasts are the last chemical detox place in your body," says Denie Heistand, a scientist, cancer researcher and natural health practitioner. "Cancer is not something you catch - it's self inflicted degeneration. It can take up to twenty years to happen, molecule by molecule."

He continues: "The body is very clever and will bundle up these molecules over a period of time and push them out to the extremities; this appears as a mole on the outer layer of the skin. At times the body will wrap up the toxins in fibrous tissues we call 'lumps' in the breast. They're convenient toxic waste tanks."
It all comes down to the ingredients of your skin care, which can contain up to 42 different chemicals. Skin care products these days are 'dead'; so full of chemicals that after ten days left in the open, they will be in exactly the same state. These chemicals leech into the blood stream through layers of semi-permeable skin, and enter your system. The molecules are transported around the body, entering the lymph nodes, and inevitably, breast tissue.

Moisturizers and other cosmetics contain parabens as a preservative and stabilizer. Parabens are produced naturally, but the level of parabens found in cosmetic products far exceeds the amount found in nature and therefore gives them an almost eternal shelf life, destroying the 'energy' of the product you are applying to your skin. Reducing the chemical build up in your body is vital to maintaining good health, Denie says "You can reverse the damage done over the years, just stop doing what you've been doing. Is a rusty pipe no good any more? No it just needs a clean out for a full flow of clear water, it's the same process."