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The Top 12 Cancer-Causing products in the Average Home February 23, 2011 Among many other cancer causing products commonly found in the home, this dirty dozen list has made it to the Hall of Shame. The Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC) and Ralph Nader have released a “Dirty Dozen” list of consumer products used in most American homes, and manufactured by giant U.S. corporations.
The “Dirty Dozen” products contain a wide-range of carcinogenic and other toxic ingredients and contaminants to which most of us are exposed daily....
1. Talcum Powder- (Johnson & Johnson. Inc.) Labeled Toxic Ingredient:
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μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Don't put baby powder on your hoo-ha. Problem solved. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I do not even need to get up and look ~ I have zero of those products in my home | |
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I wonder if the supposed carcinogenicity is a topical effect, or if inhaling the talc is alleged to have similar effect. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Inhaling it isn't going to get it anywhere near the ovaries. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Of course. But I guess I'm wondering if they assume some sort of long-term systemic outcome.
As an aside -- and this may be naive -- do women put talc down there? Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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We've got the Crest Tartar Control Toothpaste and Lysol Spray at the moment. Neither is something we regularly stock, though. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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These turds should move to Luxemburg.
[Edited 4/21/11 1:03am] That's some good shit! | |
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If they do, they're idiots.
But if this is really an issue, you wouldn't want to be putting it on a baby girl, either. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I'm not letting a smoker tell me MY milk is carcinogenic | |
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You can polish all the furniture in your house using olive oil, and a little bit of lime or lemon juice. If you really need that citrissy smell, you can add a couple of drops of essential oils of your choice.
You can clean almost anything in your house using baking soda, vinegar, and natural soap in warm water.
There are tooth powders that don't taste very good but will polish your teeth and clean them nicely that have no flouride nor SLS in them. There are also more expensive flouride and SLS free toothpastes in every organic grocers now.
The only thing I have used recently on that list is some milk, which is very little. And, baby powder, which I need to stop. I've always been curious about baby powder, becuase house ants really hate the stuff. And I've been trying to look for non-toxic ways of getting rid of ants and chalk and baby powder do the trick nicely. You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething Jesus weeps | |
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Oh, and that laundry soap you're using that makes your close so bright? That's nasty stuff too. You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething Jesus weeps | |
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Your what?
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I misspelled something, didn't I?
You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething Jesus weeps | |
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Clothes, maybe? We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Ever use Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap? Pretty much just a mix of organic vegetable oils with a wee bit of potassium hydroxide and citric acid. I've used it to bathe, wash my hair, rinse my mouth, give my cat a bath, scrub my floors, wipe plants, do dishes, etc. Non-toxic and very mild, but effective. And all of the scents smell incredible. [Edited 4/20/11 9:18am] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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No, that's not the 'Close' I'm trying to get clean.
This is:
honestly. You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething Jesus weeps | |
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Just to play devil's advocate...
Sometimes it is helpful to look at who funds these types of "research." And this list was distributed by Ralph Nader and Cancer Prevention Center. While Ralph Nader has a long history with being a consumer and how can the CPC be anything but helpful, right?
Well what caught my eye is that Saccharin was listed as a carcinogenic on the toothpaste.
Here's what I found out about saccharin:
The FDA’s decision followed a 2000 determination by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program to remove saccharin from its list of carcinogens. The EPA has officially removed saccharin and its salts from their list of hazardous constituents and commercial chemical products. In a December 14, 2010 release, the EPA stated that saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health.[23]
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My first thought about the toothpaste was, "I thought you were supposed to spit it out?" We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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You've been spitting it out??? Girl - you are missing out on all the good stuff! | |
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all the time and for almost everything | |
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She was rather powdered up in Dangerous Liaisons. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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It's a good catch. Would be interesting to see why the CPC still considers saccharin a carginogen in humans. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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uh oh.... | |
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Are you one big walking, talking cancer bomb? Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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I didn't realize they had their own substitue...
But this one looks better...
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