several months before the cancer shenanigans started, i read an article that caused me to start thinking about what i put on my skin every day. much to peter's chagrin, what i learned led me to replace almost all of the products we use regularly in our home... lotion, detergent, soap, etc. (the fact that i even spent the amount of time i did on this crusade should have tipped me off that something might have been wrong! little did i know then...)
considering skin is our largest organ and we pay so much attention to what we put in our bodies, i think that what we put on our bodies should probably get a little more press. my friend, beth, read a similar article that led her to host a rather informative non-toxic makeup party, where we learned about the skin deep database. interestingly, fragrance is considered a trade secret and FDA regulations allow manufacturers to list 'fragrance' alone on a list of ingredients, masking the synthetic chemical compounds in our products (many of which are outlawed in europe). this website provides a list of known ingredients in many consumer products and rates the product's toxicity on a simple 1-10 scale. no need to rush off and become a paranoid consumer, but i found this website informative... maybe you will too.
03 November 2010
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Very interesting...you should check out this link to make your own homemade dishwashing detergent and laundry detergent!
http://suttongrace.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-dishwasher-detergent.html
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