Just Taking A Moment to Preach....

Some of that .........

I recently was introduced to an amazing site. I haven't had of a chance to actually spend much time on there reading but what I have been able to look at has definitely piqued my interest. If you get a chance, stop on by

And if you are anything like me
With no time to actually read all of the interesting items on there

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I did

Found an interesting piece
That made me step back and think
For just a little bit
Before I realized
I need to sit on my soapbox
and preach a little bit of common sense

Or what I think is common sense


The headlines screamed


ALERT: TAKE ACTION NOW

Is it important
I think so
It holds dear to my heart
And it should yours
It is the reason for my passion


Our Children


Here is an excerpt from
No More Toxic Tub

"Despite marketing claims like “gentle” and “pure,” dozens of top-selling children’s bath products are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, according to the March 2009 Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report, "No More Toxic Tub."

How did these chemicals get in to my childs bath products, you ask?

Formaldehyde contaminates personal care products when common preservatives release formaldehyde over time in the container. Common ingredients likely to contaminate products with formaldehyde include quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea and diazolidinyl urea.

1,4-dioxane is a byproduct of a chemical processing technique called ethoxylation, in which cosmetic ingredients are processed with ethylene oxide. Manufacturers can easily remove the toxic byproduct, but are not required by law to do so. Common ingredients likely to be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane include PEG-100 stearate, sodium laureth sulfate, polyethylene and ceteareth-20.

And here's the clincher

You won't find these chemicals listed on the product labels since they are contaminents, not ingredients .........making them exempt from labelling laws

Can you believe that?


Should you be angry?
I am

We should all be angry

We should be petitioning our local politicians

We should be boycotting the companies who make these products

We should be screaming at the top of our lungs
Protect the rights of the consumer, not the manufacturer

We should be...........






Wait a minute

What is that?

Over there in the corner of the bath tub

Is that what I think it is?

It's a botte of..........

n-Alkyl dimethyl aryl ammonian chloride
Tetrapotassium ethylenediamine tetracetate (EDTA)
Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether


Oh, I see
You use it to clean the bath tub

You want to make sure your child is protected
From the dirt and germs


Did you know those ingredients are hazardous?

And they stay long after you have scrubbed your tub to a perfect shine.


So when you place your child in the tub

They are absorbing those chemicals
Through their skin

They are breathing the fumes


Should you really be using this product?


There are safe alternatives out there.

One comes to mind because of an article I read

Actress Mag Ruffman, Canada's own Tool Girl and Home Repairs Guru
Brushes her teeth with it.

Do you think you would want to try that with your product?


No?


Then don't you think it is time you rethink the way you clean.