carbon black and cancer

Carbon black is essentially carbon in it’s natural form but has taken on a certain list of traits due to incomplete combustion in controlled circumstances i.e. it is specifically made to be a certain way.
The materials used in the ‘incomplete combustion’ are usually products such as FCC tar, coal tar, cracking tar, ethylene and even vegetable oil.
This produces a fine, black powder which has a high surface-to-area volume ratio which is why the chemical is generally included in cosmetics products as it allows for a greater spread. It is a highly refined chemical which has a wide variety of uses other than cosmetics – but I’ll get into that a bit later.Because it is cheap and cost-effective, the chemical is often added to a wide variety of cosmetics products and can be labelled under a variety of different names such as Carbon black, D & C Black No. 2, acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black, and thermal black.Carbon black can be quite unhealthy for those of us who use it regularly – or rather, those who use the products that contain it regularly. As many of us already know – carbon is something that is generally considered unhealthy for us in general – so applying it to our skin on a regular basis is almost as bad as smoking cigarettes.

While many argue that in small amounts, carbon black is a lot less harmful to us than carbon in its other forms i.e. carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide (what we breathe out), the truth is that over time it can contribute to more serious health issues that could otherwise be avoided if we cut carbon black (and a long list of other harmful chemicals) out of our lives in general.

One of the main issues that carbon black has been linked to is the formation of cancer in humans as it’s considered a known carcinogen.

While there isn’t that much proof to back that claim up yet (just as it took us 50 years to prove that cigarettes were harmful), the fact is that it has shown to be an active contributor towards the formation of cancer in rats when introduced to the breathing system.

However, in the case of humans, it’s more likely to lead to the formation of skin cancer over time as the high amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (molecules that contain a large amount of carcinogens and other environmental pollutants) cause severe damage to the surface of the skin and eventually a buildup of PAH in the system causes the formation of skin cancer.
That's why I love people with natural beauty, just joking.