Pocket Guide for Carcinogens in Personal Care Products

[Guest guest]

As noted in last week's Organic Bytes, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA)

released a new study that exposes levels of the petrochemical carcinogen

1,4-Dioxane in leading conventional as well as " natural " brands of personal care

and household cleaning products. This cancer-causing contaminant is all too

frequently found in products directly applied to the skin, but it is not listed

on ingredient labels, making it difficult for consumers to avoid potentially

dangerous products. To help protect the health of your family and the

environment, the OCA's study results have been put together in a user-friendly

printable consumer pocket guide that fits neatly into any wallet.

 

Print your 1,4-Dioxane Pocket Guide here

http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/ShoppersSafetyGuide.pdf

 

 

Muhammad Ahmad Al-Masry

64, Muhammad Korayem Street,

Gomrok, Alexandria, Egypt

Tel: 0020-03-4800555

Fax: 0020-03-3082667

Web: massrii

massrii

[Guest guest]

As a long-time ingredients " snob " with many years of sales and manufacturing

experience in the Natural Products Industry, I just gotta say that I find this

list very incomplete and even misleading.

 

It is obviously only focused on this one chemical because many of the products

listed in the " safe " sections have chemicals in them and a lot of truly chemical

free products aren't listed at all.

 

We all know by now that just because something says it's " natural " or happens to

be on the shelf of your health food store, doesn't mean it's a clean product.

Nature's Gate Organic line (as just one of many examples) is one of them. I

noticed quite a few brands on the safe lists that I would NOT consider safe at

all.

 

Michelle

http://www.HolisticMenopause.com

 

 

As noted in last week's Organic Bytes, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA)

released a new study that exposes levels of the petrochemical carcinogen

1,4-Dioxane in leading conventional as well as " natural " brands of personal care

and household cleaning products.

 

http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/ShoppersSafetyGuide.pdf

[Guest guest]

Salam, dear Michelle

 

Perhaps you'd like to put a more accurate reference about what's " real " good and

bad of those products.

 

It'll enrich our knowledge and direct us the right way.

 

Personally, I think Nature will fight back against every man-made product,

regardless of the label " organic " , " natural " , " green " , or whatever stuck on it.

 

Locals everywhere has their own stuff directly brought from surroundings. And

they are always the best for them.

 

For example, coconut milk is wonderful for Asian women, but it's terrible for

Middle-Eastern ones. Instead, they use olive oil which is naturally grown in

their environment, not imported from other areas.

 

Greedy trade wants the whole world to be one huge market, while people have been

created so different.

 

Muhammad Ahmad Al-Masry

64, Muhammad Korayem Street,

Gomrok, Alexandria, Egypt

Tel: 0020-03-4800555

Fax: 0020-03-3082667

Web: massrii

massrii

 

 

--- On Mon, 3/16/09, Michelle <michelle wrote:

 

> Michelle <michelle

> Re: Pocket Guide for Carcinogens in Personal

Care Products

>

> Monday, March 16, 2009, 4:59 PM

> As a long-time ingredients " snob " with many years

> of sales and manufacturing experience in the Natural

> Products Industry, I just gotta say that I find this list

> very incomplete and even misleading.

>

> It is obviously only focused on this one chemical because

> many of the products listed in the " safe " sections

> have chemicals in them and a lot of truly chemical free

> products aren't listed at all.

>

> We all know by now that just because something says

> it's " natural " or happens to be on the shelf

> of your health food store, doesn't mean it's a clean

> product. Nature's Gate Organic line (as just one of many

> examples) is one of them. I noticed quite a few brands on

> the safe lists that I would NOT consider safe at all.

>

> Michelle

> http://www.HolisticMenopause.com

>

>

> As noted in last week's Organic Bytes, the Organic

> Consumers Association (OCA) released a new study that

> exposes levels of the petrochemical carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane

> in leading conventional as well as " natural "

> brands of personal care and household cleaning products.

>

> http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/ShoppersSafetyGuide.pdf

>

>

>

>

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>

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