Lobbyists Devise Strategy To Protect Use of BPA

From The Washington Post:

Industry Lobbyists Devised Strategy To Protect Use of BPA | Environmental Working Group.

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Coca-Cola and Del Monte Caught in Plot to Deceive Moms and Minorities Over Dangers of BPA | Environmental Working Group

I haven’t yet written my post on BPA – it’s coming, in the meantime take a look at this:

Coca-Cola and Del Monte Caught in Plot to Deceive Moms and Minorities Over Dangers of BPA | Environmental Working Group.

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Seventh Generation Savings

Save a buck or two from seventh generation.

Coupons for:
Dishwashing Products
Diapers
Any Seventh Generation Product

You do need to register with seventh generation.

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iphone app – Cleaning product label reading guide

Another great iphone app – from seventh generation.

Need help reading labels – who doesn’t! This application make it easier to read the labels on cleaning products.

Use this app when you are out shopping.

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How Safe Are Cosmetics and Body Care Products?

This article does a good job of explaining so many of the concerns I have about cosmetics and Body Care Products. If you are interested in digging a little deeper read the following article.

The government knows just about as much as you do about what you’re putting on your skin—that is to say, not much

Scientific American

Katherine Harmon

Published May 6, 2009

Cosmetics—makeup, creams, fragrances—have been around for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptian and Roman women famously caked on lead-based foundation. (Lead, a metal, can cause nerve, muscle and organ damage.) But surely lead-laden cosmetics have been phased out along with lead-lined water pipes, right? Not necessarily.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees the multi-billion-dollar-a-year cosmetics industry but it lacks the power to approve products or ingredients before they hit store shelves, even though their contents have been shown to enter the body.

According to the FDA, a cosmetic is anything used for “cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance.” An average U.S. consumer uses about 10 cosmetic products every day, including makeup, soap, shampoo, lotion, hair gel and cologne, says Lisa Archer, the national coordinator for The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC), a nonprofit advocacy group based in San Francisco and financed in part by the Breast Cancer Fund, a nonprofit organization. As a result, she says, people are exposed to roughly 126 different chemicals daily, many of which haven’t been thoroughly tested.
“We’re operating in a vacuum in terms of safety,” Archer says. “The FDA doesn’t even define what ’safe’ is, so it’s totally up to the discretion of cosmetic companies.”

Soaking it in, Slathering, powdering, spritzing. The skin is the body’s largest organ and its shield against the surrounding environment. But it is a porous protector, allowing some substances in and others—most notably moisture—out. Some compounds that are applied to the skin’s surface can be absorbed into the body, including the estimated four pounds (1.8 kilograms) of lipstick an average lipstick-wearer consumes in a lifetime, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit public interest organization based in Washington, D.C.

To read the full article:
http://www.ewg.org/newsclip/Saving-Face-How-Safe-Are-Cosmetics-and-Body-Care-Products

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