Eye Opener: Environmental Working Group

~Hello Everyone!~

I decided to do my investigation on the shampoo I use everyday. I thought this would be an interesting one to look into because my thought was..."Its shampoo~how much can it really affect my health?? Its on the outside of my body...you put in on and wash it off...." Boy was I wrong!!


I use Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine by L'Oreal. I found out that the ingredients in this shampoo are linked to the following:
~Cancer
~Developmental/reproductive toxicity
~Violations, restrictions and warnings
~Allergies/immunotoxicity
~Other concerns including: Neurotoxicity, Endocrine distruption, organ system toxicity, etc..


WOW, ok, so that was quite alarming to me!! It recieved a score of 7 on the Hazard Scale (out of 10). I also found out they test this product on animals...goodness!! What am I promoting?!?!


The area that really stuck out to me the most was that of Neurotoxicity. When tested on animals (eewww, it makes me cringe to even type that), brain and nervous system damage was reported at even "very low doses" of this product. So, what this means to me, is that someone that uses it everyday is subjecting themselves to moderate to high doses of these ingredients....maybe this could answer some questions for me :) (im kidding!) But for real, thats a bit disturbing to me.


Also, it is obviously evident the harm this product takes on animals, as they are tested with it. That was another area that stood out to me in terms of what effects this product has on the environment.

This got me to thinking....SO I eat organic and do as well as I can to recycle and be kind to the envrionment in most other areas of my daily activities. So I decided the next time I buy shampoo, conditioner and body wash, I am going to try out some new items. I have been looking at the Co-op for their choices, and I feel it is time to invest :)

Hope you all are doing well, have a great weekend!
~Fly~

Share and Voice: "Blog-on" Blog Award!

Hello Everyone!

Thank you again to Hannah for giving me the 'Blog-on' Blog Award :) Im was happy to hear you guys found that particular topic equally alarming and shocking. SO, now I get to pass it on! Although I found all of your posts great and interesting, the one that I found myself spending a lot of time indulged in was that of....AUTUMN!!! Woo-whoo!! Her Share and Voice: Gorgeously Green I found was very practical and contained information that we can all benefit from everyday. Not big huge changes, just simple things that will help us all live better everyday, and at the same time help the environment. Congrats Autumn!! It was great to read, thank you for sharing it with us :)

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