Shampoo may interfere with foetus`s brain development
shampoos may make your hair look good but appearances can be deceptive. A compound called diethanolamine (dea), which is used in shampoos to create foam, has been found to interfere with normal brain development of foetuses in pregnant mice, claim researchers at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill in the us. When dea was applied to the skin of pregnant mice, the foetuses showed inhibited cell growth and increased cell death in the hippocampus