Text | Jing Ma
Summer is here and there are too many mosquitoes. I want to buy some anti-mosquito products for my children. However, when I open the webpage, the first few pages say that is a pure natural herb and pure plant extract.
For example, it contains plant essential oil . Many parents think it must be good when they see pure natural herbs and pure plant extracts!
The slogans of these baby products are actually deceiving parents, don’t fall for them.
The first IQ tax term: pure natural herbal extraction, pure plant extraction
is not purely natural and healthy, such as Aristolochia Acid was listed as a first-class carcinogen by WHO in 2012.
and the natural betel nut are also classified as a class of carcinogens. They also contain a large amount of arecoline , which are cytotoxic and can easily cause oral mucosal lesions and increase the incidence of oral cancer.
So not all pure natural herbal extracts are safe.
For example, the naturally extracted menthol commonly used by babies, or menthol , peppermint oil.
However, the Taiwan Pediatric Medical Association said menthol has a neurodepressant effect and contains certain neurotoxins , so it is not suitable for infants and young children.
and camphor have the effect of stimulating central nervous system . The United States recommends that children, pregnant women, and lactating women not use it.
The second IQ tax term: Fluoride-free
Many children's toothpastes are labeled as fluoride-free, and their sales are pretty good. Many parents worry that their children will not spit out water when they brush their teeth when they are young. Children swallow the fluoride in toothpaste, causing harm to the body!
we say " does not focus on dose but toxicity, this is just playing rogue ".
In fact, our country has strict restrictions on the fluoride content of children's toothpaste, and the required content is 0.05%~0.11%! One gram of toothpaste contains 0.5 to 1.1 mg of fluoride.
We recommend that the amount of toothpaste used by children every time they brush their teeth is: the size of a grain of rice for children aged 0 to 3 years old, and the size of a mung bean for those above three years old. The content does not reach one gram.
Even if the child swallows all the toothpaste, he will only swallow 1.1 mg of fluoride at most.
The toxic dose of fluoride is mg/kg body weight . For a 10 kg child, the toxic dose of fluoride is 50 mg, which is 50 times different from the toxic dose!
It is nonsense that children are poisoned by using fluoride toothpaste and .
The latest recommendation from the American Dental Association is that babies should use fluoride toothpaste as soon as their first tooth appears.
So parents should stop listening to the claims that it does not contain fluoride.
The third IQ tax noun: does not contain DEET
Now many mosquito repellent products have begun to be on the market in summer. Many mosquito repellent products mention does not contain DEET, because DEET is also called DEET , is a kind of pesticide.
Many parents think it is poisonous and are afraid to use it for their children!
In fact, as long as the concentration of DEET is used appropriately, it is a very good mosquito repellent.
The US Environmental Protection Agency, US Centers for Disease Control , American Academy of Pediatrics, World Health Organization all believe that appropriate use of DEET can achieve the effect of repelling mosquitoes.
So DEET is not poison and can be used as long as it is a qualified product.
The fourth IQ tax term: hormone-free
Hormone is a relatively powerful drug for treating diseases, so many parents are afraid when they hear about hormones.
For example, if a child has eczema and the doctor recommends the use of hormones, the parents seem to think that the doctor is harming their children and dare not use them.
Instead, I went out to buy some purely natural, hormone-free skin care products for my children. As a result, my children's skin became more and more serious after using them.
In fact, a small amount of hormones will be particularly effective in treating eczema, especially , and short-term external use will not cause great harm to the child's body.
However, if parents buy skin cream on the market that claims to be hormone-free, and use it on their children to treat eczema on their faces, and find that the effect is good, they are more likely to add hormones in violation of regulations, which will cause greater harm to their children.
Therefore, parents should not be tempted to place an order as soon as they see the above terms, or be careful of being reaped the IQ tax.
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