Word: methylparaben
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...enable the other ingredients to mix and form a smooth lotion. Three of the ingredients are pigments, which give color to the skin when the cream goes on. They are titanium dioxide, iron oxides and talc. There are also three preservatives to lengthen the shelf life of the cream: methylparaben, imidazolidinyl urea and propylparaben. In fact, the most expensive ingredient is propylparaben, which sells for about $3.30 per lb. But a safe assumption is that scarcely 20 worth ever finds its way into...
UNTIL the great cyclamate furor bubbled over this fall, few Americans paid much heed to the minute lettering on their cakes and candy bars, diet drinks and instant dinners. Even a magnifying glass was little help in explaining those obscure polysyllables: propylene glycol, calcium silicate, butylated hydroxyanisole, sorbitan monostearate, methylparaben. Today, the portmanteau word for such substances is "additives"-which translates into myriad chemicals that have made even bread a laboratory product and the cheese spread to put on it a test-tube concoction...