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Your organic products are toxic

March 14, 2008 · 1 Comment

From the LA Times via thedailygreen . Here is all you need to know:

Nearly half the supposedly “natural” or “green” soaps shampoos and other consumer products tested by the Organic Consumers Association have an ingredient that could cause cancer, according to a new report.

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But it’s also a reminder that toxicity is a tricky issue, and ridding your daily life of all potential carcinogens is impossible.

As a doctor friend of mine likes to say - everything causes cancer. But if you really want to know here is a list (,pdf) of the products containing 1,4 dioxane.

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  • rockswealth // March 15, 2008 at 3:59 am

    You are so right there is no immunity to toxins, but there is a simple solution to eventually rid you body of the most toxic elements. Considering that we dump
    4 billion pounds of chemicals into the environment yearly and of those chemicals
    72 million pounds are carcenigens. Now that is scary. Good blog.

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