Have you ever wondered, while brushing your teeth, applying makeup, showering with your favourite shower gel, how much of that product you are absorbing through your skin? If you are using the generic products from the shelves of your local grocery store or big box conglomerates, these are some of the chemicals you may be coming in contact with. Dr. David Suzuki has named them, "The Dirty Dozen" found in almost every home across North America and much of the rest of the world for that matter, except for the forward thinking countries that have banned the use of these ingredients/chemicals already. Much research has been done in Canada on the effects of these products used in isolation and in the range of what is considered "normal" daily usage. The U.S. government has taken their studies of these chemical ingredients one step further, taking into consideration the cumulative effect on people who may be using many of these products within the course of a day. It is a fascinating article written by an extremely talented, brilliant, man with the social conscience the size of the sun. I encourage you all to take a read and then run to your medicine cabinets, makeup bags, and bathroom cupboards in a search and destroy mission of these little nasties! Buy local, buy natural, stay healthy.
~ Jada ~
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