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annuinSkin Deep
http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/
How safe are your personal care products?
I'd already heard about the fact that there is basically nothing stopping companies slapping "natural" and even "organic" labels on personal care products, being that they aren't governed like the foodstuffs bearing the USDA Organic label. In fact, they're not really governed at all, so it can be a bit of a chemical free-for-all in the ingredients list.
Kind of scary if you think about it, especially when you consider that many products contain known carcinogens and other toxins... and we rub this on our bodies or in our hair or stick it in our eyes without thinking about it.
http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/
How safe are your personal care products?
I'd already heard about the fact that there is basically nothing stopping companies slapping "natural" and even "organic" labels on personal care products, being that they aren't governed like the foodstuffs bearing the USDA Organic label. In fact, they're not really governed at all, so it can be a bit of a chemical free-for-all in the ingredients list.
Kind of scary if you think about it, especially when you consider that many products contain known carcinogens and other toxins... and we rub this on our bodies or in our hair or stick it in our eyes without thinking about it.
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Date: 2006-03-19 03:38 am (UTC)