Assignement!!! :O

This Thursday I was assigned to look for an ingredient of some daily producta and investigate about it...
I decided to look on my antipespirant and I just chose one that got my eye...Propylen Glycol!!
It is usually used and cosmetic and personal hygenie products.
After my little research I found that the properties of this ingredient is :
It can be used on the body as part of certain products like shampoos or deodorants...it has an humescent effect on the body...it retains moisture produced by the body (such as fat produced by the hair, or the sweat produced under your arms...:O)...But although it helps sometimes, it may also irritate the skin and produce certain disfunctions with the KIDNEY!!
Well maybe the last part is not exactly related with Chemistry...but here is te part that has to do with it:
It has Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen!! Carbon is the element for organic chemistry, the chemistry that is closer to life, EVERYTHING that has life, contains carbon...(:
Its chemical formula is C3H8O2...It is soluble in certain substances, such as water, ethanol and acetone
That´s what I have to tell abut what a before-unknown-now-known chemical term
Look on your products´ ingredients and locate Propylen Glycol!
References:
Propylene Glycol, Natural Health Care, consulted 12-08-2010, http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/
 Propylene Glycol, FAO Corporate Document Repository, consulted 12-08-2010, http://www.fao.org/