If you happen to use lipstick from companies like L’Oreal and Cover Girl, you might be unknowingly exposing yourself to high levels of lead. Good Human reader Kellie took the time to email me about this: The tests, conducted last month on 33 brand-name red lipsticks, found that 61 percent contained detectable levels of lead, [...]
Usually on Sunday nights I start working on posts for the upcoming week and I just came across a story over at Nature Moms that will make your blood boil. Seems the EPA has gone and approved a dangerous new toxin to be used on our nation’s crops – Methyl Iodide. This stuff is a [...]
*Update – Eagle-eyed reader Christy read their press release on this product and in the second paragraph it actually states “From the toy blocks, highchair and pacifier to the dog bowl and toys, Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface daily sanitizing spray is powerful enough to give you peace of mind and gentle enough to use even [...]
After all the recalls in recent weeks for Chinese made goods, one would think that it would make people think twice about how and where we get all of our products from. But instead I saw the opposite in a pretty big article in a newspaper in Boston. The article was about how back in [...]
I use this database all the time to look up different chemicals and products to see just how toxic they are. If you are starting (or already are) concerned about what chemicals and substances are in your personal care products, you can go look each of them up over at the site Skin Deep, which [...]
Triclosan is normally used as a bacteria killer. Found in tons of products from deodorants to toothpaste to household cleaners, triclosan mainly acts like an antibiotic, trying to kill anything that it comes in contact with. But that’s not the real concern…the real concern is that studies have shown that triclosan can combine with chlorine [...]
Last night I got caught up on some of my Tivo shows and one of the things I watched was the film Blue Vinyl, which was on the Sundance Channel a while back. I had heard somewhere that it was pretty good so I had set it to record…and I am so glad that I [...]
