tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38460982011-12-19T04:41:11.420-05:00ExposureNews About Chemicals in the Environment and How They Affect Humans and WildlifeGriffinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-28175032008650553212011-12-19T00:49:00.012-05:002011-12-19T04:41:11.437-05:00Historical 2002 Exposure Blog Posts from our Original BlogSpot blog –
October 2002 to December 2002
(previously archived)
14 October 2002
The Debate is Resolved! Finally, The Official USDA definition of the word "Synthetic." In previous days, a manufacturer could confuse and delude people with their own "definition" of the word "natural." Now, the USDA has set the record straight. Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-60716089516883689192008-04-07T18:36:00.031-04:002008-04-12T01:58:01.787-04:00Bursting the Bubble: The Myth of the "Natural" SurfactantThese days, it seems that everybody wants organic. Because of the dramatic rise in consumer interest in everything organic, manufacturers from all walks of industry are rushing to fill the marketplace with goods labeled as "organic." Unfortunately, whether the products are actually genuine USDA National Organic Program (NOP) certified Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-1088980400833642402004-07-04T17:23:00.001-04:002009-12-20T17:45:28.547-05:00Chemical Preservatives in Body Care Products Release Formaldehyde a Known Carcinogen!Read your "natural" and "organic" body care product ingredient labels to see if they contain any of the following toxic chemicals: imidazolidinyl or imadazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, sodium hydroxymethyl glycinate or hydroxymethyl glycinate or benzylhemiformal.In response to negative publicity surrounding Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-1087233791671725192004-06-14T11:09:00.003-04:002009-12-20T17:37:46.968-05:00Sunscreens, Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide and Color CosmeticsWe have spent fifteen years and countless hours doing environmental, cancer and cosmetic research and have made a good bit of it available to everyone on our web site. It is interesting to us that very few companies do the research that we do, with the quality of links and references that we provide. Fact is, what we see most often is a Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-1083558936967669432004-05-03T00:35:00.002-04:002009-12-20T20:34:47.798-05:00Parabens and propylene glycol. Do you want to see these chemicals in your natural body care products? Read the data below to help you decide whether you want to use these ingredients or dump them down the drain into our drinking water.Parabens penetrate the skin and can be found in cancerous breast tumours. Is using a product with these chemicals in it worth the risk to you? Read about the Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-1069530928556032632003-11-22T11:26:00.000-05:002003-11-22T14:58:29.576-05:00Vanquish Vanity: The Truth About Animal Cruelty
Endocrine disruptors. Most people have heard the term and some even have a general idea of what they are: environmental chemicals that affect the hormones in our body. Endocrine disruptors are primarily man-made synthetic chemicals that are inhaled, absorbed through the skin or ingested in food or water. These chemicals are taken up by the Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-854156152002-12-02T23:38:00.001-05:002009-12-20T20:44:13.734-05:00Castor Oil. Palma christi oil. For decades castor oil has been a part of the folk medicine repetoire. The oil has been used as an industrial lubricant, lamp oil, hot compress, laxative, body care product, etc. The plant material, stalks and leaves, when dried after a harvest are a highly potent allergen/sensitizer and cause severe, disabling allergic asthma in workers who handle the material.Griffinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846098.post-850364182002-11-24T22:56:00.000-05:002005-03-10T14:50:58.660-05:00I don't know about you, but I am getting pretty sick and darn tired of what I'm going to call "organic scamming." It seems to grow worse with every passing week. The deeper that you look, the wider the scamming turns out to be. Why don't you hear about this organic scamming more frequently? Think about the following idea for a momemt. As a personal experiment, take a look at the Griffinnoreply@blogger.com