This One Isn't So Banal......

FINALLY! Our country is waking up! On the news last night the twits who didn't make it as actors proclaimed "And next, see what's in your personal care products; could they be causing cancer?" DUHHHH! Glad it's here but my goodness has it been a long time! I've been teaching ingredients in the personal care industry for a years and it surprises most people that there are no regulations and the companies don't even have to test for mutagenic and carcinogenic effects on human beings. Soaps, toothpaste, lotions, skin care, DEODORANTS and SUNBLOCKS have ingredients that are very toxic and are found in cancer patients now. Has anyone been talking about it.....NO! Secret Deodorant just puts a pink breast cancer ribbon on their packaging and keeps right on selling!

An even more frustrating part of this is as I watch the companies I've worked or known for years grow or get bought out by a bigger guy, they change their ingredients. Why? MONEY. Tom's of Maine was pure until Colgate bought them, we'll see what happens with Burt's Bees and Nature's Gate started changing ingredients a couple of years ago. My mom used the same conditioner for over 30 years and now stockpiles the original formulation when she can get it from Canada from one of my colleagues. Very sad and unnecessary except they just want more moola!

Back to last night's segment....they asked a nice Florida lady what sunblocks she used and as an avid tennis player, she had many; one for face, one for body, one for hands so she wouldn't sweat on her raquet, one for the kids, etc. Guess what? All of them were 7 out of 10 on the hazard list! And we wonder why we're getting skin cancer!



So here's how to look up what's in your products. http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ and if I'm going to take the time to tell you all, take the time to do it! It's not the one product that may contain a toxic element, it's the 8-10 we use in a day that builds up over time and our bodies can't handle it! So pay attention, read and go the health food store! or call me and I'll help you!

And please post comments...good, bad or indifferent!