
Raising Awareness About the Impacts of Squalene on the Well-Being of Individuals, Societies & the Environment!
Author(s) -
Alexa Osterman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jaste
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2560-8908
DOI - 10.33137/jaste.v11i1.34251
Subject(s) - cosmetics , squalene , beauty , food chain , apex predator , ecosystem , fishery , ecology , business , biology , art , aesthetics , medicine , biochemistry , pathology
Before humans inserted themselves into the aquatic food chain, sharks were at the top maintaining balance and playing a crucial role on this earth. For hundreds of millions of years (even before the dinosaurs!) sharks have been shaping our underwater ecosystem and creating a foundation for life in all parts of the sea. Now with 95% of shark populations decreasing everywhere our health and the planet's health is at major risk. Shark livers contain an oil so hydrating and rich all cosmetic that companies want to get their hands on it. This simple substance, also known as squalene, is found all around the world in the form of cosmetics (lotions, anti-wrinkle creams, sunscreen, foundations) and daily off the shelf supplements. With the serious lack of education about what’s in our cosmetics, it makes it scary to think that almost all of us have been absentmindedly plastering on prehistoric predators on our body in the name of beauty.