Are Natural/Organic Products Better?

I'll be honest, I've never believed in the whole "organic everything is better" claim. I simply don't buy into the whole idea that the entire food and drug industry is slowly killing the human population with their chemicals.

As far as the beauty industry is concerned, a lot has been made about silicones, parabens, sulfates and a dozen other chemicals that are said to be harmful. It's been a trend for the past few years for new products to come out claiming that parabens will probably give us all cancer and sulfates will make our hair fall out.

The amazing scientists at The Beauty Brains have written dozens of articles about the falsity of these claims, and they've recently condensed them into one huge Cosmetic Report.
The report talks about various topics, organic products being one of them. Here is an excerpt:

The most compelling claim to buy natural products is that they are
somehow safer for you than regular or “synthetic” products. They
are marketed with an implied superiority that just isnʼt deserved.
While most companies donʼt come right out and say it, they do
insinuate that regular products are dangerous and harmful. They
use claims like “Paraben-free” or “Sulfate-free” which only makes
people wonder why those chemicals arenʼt used. A natural
conclusion is that they are somehow bad for you when this isnʼt
proven by any science. These kinds of junk claims are misleading.

Parabens and Sulfates have actually never been proven to be poisonous or harmful in any scientific study.

Not only that, but "natural" doesn't even mean natural anymore,

There is no standard definition of terms like “natural” and “organic” (at least
when it comes to cosmetics).

At the moment, from a legal standpoint, nearly any cosmetic or
personal care product can be called natural. As long as a
company has some reason to support their claim of natural (e.g. it
contains natural water) they can tell you the product is natural.

These companies engage in a practice called “Greenwashing” in
which they convince consumers that the products are natural,
even though they are not much different than standard products.

The report goes on to reiterate that natural is not automatically better and synthetic is not automatically worse.

They also give good reasons to buy natural products, such as helping the environment or supporting a cause, but not because natural products work any better or are safer.

In my opinion, and The Beauty Brains seem to agree, companies who create organic products make just as many false claims as all the others. Until I see some real scientific proof that my products are going to kill me, I'm going to stick with my synthetic products.

Only sulfates will cut through all the hair products I use anyway.