Today's post is a follow up to Monday's entry about SLS & soap. I found this really cool website today called Skin Deep. It is a cosmetic safety database run by researchers at the Environmental Working Group. In their searchable database, you can look up any type of cosmetic (shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, etc.), brand, or even specific ingredients. They give each product a "hazard score" from 0-10 based on the chemical makeup and their knowledge and research of its effects on your health. And they give you details of what the specific hazards are with each product or ingredient (cancer, reproductive toxicity, etc.) Pretty cool! This is an easy place to look up any product or ingredient I am wondering about. And darn, it looks like I need to find a new deodorant.
One thing that surprised me was that the Body Shop products are some of the most toxic things out there! And they always seem so natural and environmentally friendly the way they are advertised. Boy, they had me fooled. And watch out, a lot of baby products are also really toxic.
This is a great resource for someone like me that doesn't speak "scientist" and doesn't know what all those ingredients are or what they do. They've done all the research for us.
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