RE: Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve

[Guest guest]

Methylisothiazoline is only one of many toxic chemicals found in our body care products. Almost all of shampoos contain sodium laurel sulfate of sodium laureth sulfate. These chemicals are powerful degreasers (powerful enough to clean engine oil off of garage floors) They are known to be protein denaturers so is it any wonder that they sting the eyes? Also commonly present in soaps and shampoos are a class of chemicals called anolamines (MEA, DEA, AND TEA) these combine with the sodium laurel and laureth sulfate or other ethoxylated chemicals to produce nitrosamines in the body. Nitrosamines are known to cause cancer. Nitrosamines are also produced in the body when one eats hot dogs or cold cuts containing sodium nitrate (In fact you can actually get more nitrosamines from your body care products than you can from eating hot dogs) A recent study linked MEA with memory loss. DEA is banned in Europe but

continues to be allowed in the states. In producing ethoxylated chemicals 1.4 dioxane is liberated and so found in beauty care products - it is a known carcinogen. Silicon derivatives like dimethicone are added to shampoos to coat the hair like plastic to give it shine - they are also known carcinogens. Parabens are a common preservative used in body care products .In a recent study on breast cancer study, breast cancer cells were shown to holding parabens while normal breast cells were not. PG (proprolyne glycol) another common body care chemical is considered so toxic by the EPA that workers who use it are advised to wear gloves and avoid skin contact. The list goes on and on.

Many companies would like you to believe that their products are safe and natural although in reality they are loaded with chemicals. They prominently display organic or herbal ingredients on their label and they follow any chemical ingredients on the ingredient list with their non chemical origin in parentheses. Be aware that many times when they use the word organic they are referring to the chemist definition which means contains carbon (petroleum and its derivatives qualify under this definition).. They may also put organic on the label because they have one organic ingredient. An important thing to remember right now is that there is virtually no regulations relating to what is in their products or what they write on the labels

So how do you know if you have a good product or just a heavily hyped and greenwashed one? One way to tell the amount of chemical ingredients is to use the chemists rule of thumb. The first third of the ingredient list is going to comprise approximately 90-95% of the product , the second third 5-7% and the last third !-3%. Also you may want to look at the ingredient list and ask yourself would I want to eat that - as the lotions and potions that you put on your body are absorbed through your skin directly into your body. Another thing to look for are certified organic logos on products. This assures third party certification that the product is grown in accordance with organic standards and at least 95% of the product must be certified (the other 5% must also meet strict criteria) Be aware though that starting in October the USDA is bowing to pressure from corporations who don't want to meet these standards and don't want to

compete with those who do. The USDA will be creating separate standards for body care products that will allow body care products to contain chemicals and still be certified.

For an in depth look at this issue see the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) reports "Skin Deep" and "Body Burden" Also there is information on my website www.blissfullyorganic.com

Cheryl Rounds

Helping to heal the planet one person at a time

 

 

[Guest guest]

---most people dont care bout the poisons they put in or on their

bodies everyday

they seem to think they'll be saved to the clouds and not have to

suffer the consequences

poor saps! they are the perfect consumer sheep!

 

 

In , Cheryl Rounds

<noworganics> wrote:

> Methylisothiazoline is only one of many toxic chemicals found in

our body care products. Almost all of shampoos contain sodium laurel

sulfate of sodium laureth sulfate. These chemicals are powerful

degreasers (powerful enough to clean engine oil off of garage

floors) They are known to be protein denaturers so is it any wonder

that they sting the eyes? Also commonly present in soaps and

shampoos are a class of chemicals called anolamines (MEA, DEA, AND

TEA) these combine with the sodium laurel and laureth sulfate or

other ethoxylated chemicals to produce nitrosamines in the body.

Nitrosamines are known to cause cancer. Nitrosamines are also

produced in the body when one eats hot dogs or cold cuts containing

sodium nitrate (In fact you can actually get more nitrosamines from

your body care products than you can from eating hot dogs) A recent

study linked MEA with memory loss. DEA is banned in Europe but

continues to be allowed in the states. In producing ethoxylated

chemicals

> 1.4 dioxane is liberated and so found in beauty care products -

it is a known carcinogen. Silicon derivatives like dimethicone are

added to shampoos to coat the hair like plastic to give it shine -

they are also known carcinogens. Parabens are a common preservative

used in body care products .In a recent study on breast cancer

study, breast cancer cells were shown to holding parabens while

normal breast cells were not. PG (proprolyne glycol) another common

body care chemical is considered so toxic by the EPA that workers

who use it are advised to wear gloves and avoid skin contact. The

list goes on and on.

> Many companies would like you to believe that their products are

safe and natural although in reality they are loaded with

chemicals. They prominently display organic or herbal ingredients

on their label and they follow any chemical ingredients on the

ingredient list with their non chemical origin in parentheses. Be

aware that many times when they use the word organic they are

referring to the chemist definition which means contains carbon

(petroleum and its derivatives qualify under this definition)..

They may also put organic on the label because they have one organic

ingredient. An important thing to remember right now is that there

is virtually no regulations relating to what is in their products or

what they write on the labels

> So how do you know if you have a good product or just a heavily

hyped and greenwashed one? One way to tell the amount of chemical

ingredients is to use the chemists rule of thumb. The first third

of the ingredient list is going to comprise approximately 90-95% of

the product , the second third 5-7% and the last third !-3%. Also

you may want to look at the ingredient list and ask yourself would I

want to eat that - as the lotions and potions that you put on your

body are absorbed through your skin directly into your body.

Another thing to look for are certified organic logos on products.

This assures third party certification that the product is grown in

accordance with organic standards and at least 95% of the product

must be certified (the other 5% must also meet strict criteria) Be

aware though that starting in October the USDA is bowing to pressure

from corporations who don't want to meet these standards and don't

want to compete with those who do. The USDA will be

> creating separate standards for body care products that will

allow body care products to contain chemicals and still be

certified.

> For an in depth look at this issue see the Environmental Working

Group (www.ewg.org) reports " Skin Deep " and " Body Burden " Also

there is information on my website www.blissfullyorganic.com

> Cheryl Rounds

> Helping to heal the planet one person at a time

 

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Absolutely right about most people. From soaps and shampoos (How in all the world people think that they are cleaning themselves when they are actually polluting themselves?) to food chemicals, to cosmetics. We are all in an experimental laboratory as far as what we try on ourselves, and paying the chemical companies to conduct their experiments on us.

I'd recommend Dr Bronners soaps for all cleaning needs. There are other soaps like it, but that is the one I use for shampoo and body cleaning. One can use tea tree oil, and other things as well, for deodorant, bug repellant, etc. But if one needs a deodorant then probably (unless sweating all the time from hard labor) one is eating incorrectly, not drinking enough water, etc. One is out of balance.

Cosmetics is a pet peeve. Women that eat correctly and exercise usually have nice skin, good spirits, etc. Why don't they think they are "pretty" enough. What does the cosmetic do for their self image? Is it worth it for what most cosmetics do to one's body (I know that there are herbal alternatives to the main part of the cosmetic industry but even they are merely done for profit to fulfill a perceived need promoted by an industry)? I know that men wear cosmetics too, now, but, for the most part, if men do not need them, then why do women need them. Sheesh, I hear women saying that they need to go and fix their face. And they don't have anything in the least wrong with their face.

The chemical industry puts ads out on tv, sponsoring the tv shows that we like to watch. All tv is commercial. The programming is exactly that, programming, and is done to get us to buy the particular products. It is/was them that made women feel prettier with fixing their faces. It is them that makes all "sex" to be performance related, rather than an expression of loving one another (thinking of Viagra and similar here). The advertising agencies is to create a perception of need, and offer the solution to the need. People swallow it hook, line and sinker.

You are also correct in terms of what they think they can get away with in doing to their bodies. The left over of both Judaeo-Christian thought, as well as ancient Greek thought, make the soul, or the rational spirit, or that part of ourselves that supposedly is not seen, to have a priority while the body is still treated as something evil and anything can be done to it and it doesn't count. Flagellating yourself is a good thing. Torture it. Improve the soul. Meet someone in the air and he will save you. I wonder (I read the same stuff), because I think it talks a lot of being responsible in the here and now with what one is given no matter what you start with. To a great degree, I'd like to see the whole bloody system fall apart (I'd suffer as much as anybody else, or even die). What we do to pollute ourselves has also polluted everything else, that did not have a choice in the matter.

 

Ed

 

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madcowcoverup

Sunday, August 07, 2005 3:53 PM

Re: Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve

---most people dont care bout the poisons they put in or on their bodies everydaythey seem to think they'll be saved to the clouds and not have to suffer the consequencespoor saps! they are the perfect consumer sheep!In , Cheryl Rounds <noworganics> wrote:> Methylisothiazoline is only one of many toxic chemicals found in our body care products. Almost all of shampoos contain sodium laurel sulfate of sodium laureth sulfate. These chemicals are powerful degreasers (powerful enough to clean engine oil off of garage floors) They are known to be protein denaturers so is it any wonder that they sting the eyes? Also commonly present in soaps and shampoos are a class of chemicals called anolamines (MEA, DEA, AND TEA) these combine with the sodium laurel and laureth sulfate or other ethoxylated chemicals to produce nitrosamines in the body. Nitrosamines are known to cause cancer. Nitrosamines are also produced in the body when one eats hot dogs or cold cuts containing sodium nitrate (In fact you can actually get more nitrosamines from your body care products than you can from eating hot dogs) A recent study linked MEA with memory loss. DEA is banned in Europe but continues to be allowed in the states. In producing ethoxylated chemicals> 1.4 dioxane is liberated and so found in beauty care products - it is a known carcinogen. Silicon derivatives like dimethicone are added to shampoos to coat the hair like plastic to give it shine - they are also known carcinogens. Parabens are a common preservative used in body care products .In a recent study on breast cancer study, breast cancer cells were shown to holding parabens while normal breast cells were not. PG (proprolyne glycol) another common body care chemical is considered so toxic by the EPA that workers who use it are advised to wear gloves and avoid skin contact. The list goes on and on. > Many companies would like you to believe that their products are safe and natural although in reality they are loaded with chemicals. They prominently display organic or herbal ingredients on their label and they follow any chemical ingredients on the ingredient list with their non chemical origin in parentheses. Be aware that many times when they use the word organic they are referring to the chemist definition which means contains carbon (petroleum and its derivatives qualify under this definition).. They may also put organic on the label because they have one organic ingredient. An important thing to remember right now is that there is virtually no regulations relating to what is in their products or what they write on the labels> So how do you know if you have a good product or just a heavily hyped and greenwashed one? One way to tell the amount of chemical ingredients is to use the chemists rule of thumb. The first third of the ingredient list is going to comprise approximately 90-95% of the product , the second third 5-7% and the last third !-3%. Also you may want to look at the ingredient list and ask yourself would I want to eat that - as the lotions and potions that you put on your body are absorbed through your skin directly into your body. Another thing to look for are certified organic logos on products. This assures third party certification that the product is grown in accordance with organic standards and at least 95% of the product must be certified (the other 5% must also meet strict criteria) Be aware though that starting in October the USDA is bowing to pressure from corporations who don't want to meet these standards and don't want to compete with those who do. The USDA will be> creating separate standards for body care products that will allow body care products to contain chemicals and still be certified. > For an in depth look at this issue see the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) reports "Skin Deep" and "Body Burden" Also there is information on my website www.blissfullyorganic.com> Cheryl Rounds> Helping to heal the planet one person at a time > > > > > > > > > >