Did you shower before work this morning? A study released earlier this week found that this simple act of good hygiene probably increased your chances of developing cancer later in life. The culprit is a sneaky carcinogen that has been found in nearly 100 personal care products sold by major national retailers, including a few that claim to be organic.
According to the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), 98 shampoos, soaps and other products sold by major national retailers tested positive for cocamide diethanolamine (cocamide DEA), a chemically-modified form of coconut oil used as a thickener or foaming agent that was declared a known carcinogen by the state of California last year. In many cases, tested products contained more than 10,000 ppm cocamide DEA, and one shampoo tested at more than 200,000 ppm (20%) cocamide DEA.
Colgate, Palmolive, Colomer, Paul Mitchell and many other national brands tested positive for the cancer-causing substance, including those marketed to children. CEH has since filed a California lawsuit against four companies guilty of using the chemical and sent legal notices to more than 100 other companies who are in violation of the law.
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Dear Lord! Don't let my neighbor read this.
ReplyDeleteWell I'm gonna continue taking a shower once a week whether I need it or not.
ReplyDeleteCheck this --- 30,000 people in a country of 320 MILLION die in car crashes each year. So, we allow our leaders to stomp the Constitution to death, militarizing the police, stopping millions of innocent citizens for no other reason than to LOOK for POSSIBLE crimes, and spend hundreds of millions on national "campaigns" to stop car accident deaths. Compare THAT response to your leaders reaction to MILLIONS of cancer deaths EVERY YEAR! We send those people (rich campaign contributors and corporate slime) NOTICES and LETTERS asking them to please stop using chemicals that kill us by the millions. Please? Okay? And the companies just laugh. And the Senators then send them another letter. This one asks for an increase in their "contribution". The check arrives in their office on the same day your kid is given 18 months to live. Keep cheering.
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ReplyDeleteEvery time a new regulation, fee etc is implemented these businesses cry foul but they are just pretending and the public consumes it. The reality is they most likely quietly lobbied for these new rules.
People need to wake up.