This ‘clean beauty’ movement, and the fearmongering surrounding parabens based on a flawed study, daresay could by responsible for many folks’ dermatologist appointments involving adverse reactions to the replacement & so-called ‘clean’ preservative ingredients.

It’s impossible to do a double-blind randomised controlled study to prove that something doesn’t cause cancer – an ethics committee would never allow it, and it’s very difficult to prove something DOESN’T cause cancer…

Hey maybe before wilding out you
(a) check the publication date of this article against the publication dates of your sources – weirdly enough I can’t see into the future and
(b) actually read the full text of the studies you cite instead of cherrypicking the abstracts, so you can properly understand the researchers’ conclusions…

Refs 1, 2, 6: The studies list a ton of possible confounding factors, hence the use of the words “suggest” and “may”, and they specifically say their results should be viewed cautiously

Ref 3: You conveniently forgot to include the first half of the sentence: “While we found no overall significant associations”. Also warns that results need to be viewed cautiously.

Ref 4: Parabens aren’t phthalates.

Ref 5: Broken link.

“Our findings suggest that exposure to ethylparaben may increase the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30844582

“Our results suggest that prenatal exposure to BPs and parabens may be associated with impairment in child cognitive abilities at 2 years”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30831476

“we observed diminished pregnancy success with specific clusters of chemicals among women who underwent IVF cycles in earlier years of study, when urinary concentrations of these endocrine disrupting chemicals were higher.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30826614

“Our findings support the importance of exposure to antiandrogenic phthalates during adolescence as a potential correlate of maladaptive behaviors including Externalizing Behavior, DSD behaviors, and decrements in Adaptive Skills.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30818232

research linking to immunodeficiencies (allergy, asthma, diabetes, and lupus): https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/pii/S0160412018319615…

“Our systematic exposome approach identified several environmental exposures, mainly chemicals, that might be associated with lung function. Reducing exposure to these ubiquitous chemicals could help to prevent the development of chronic respiratory disease.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30737192

It’s possible to be sensitive to parabens, though it’s rare! It does rule out a lot of popular and well-formulated products though, which is annoying – optimistically speaking, it could be another common ingredient. Have you thought about getting a proper skin allergy test done?

I haven’t looked into it very extensively, but this post might answer some of your questions!