Comments for Product Alert - What's in your products? http://www.productalert.ca Information on the harmful chemicals & ingredients in your families products Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on The Organic marketing scam! by Concerned http://www.productalert.ca/news/the-organic-marketing-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Concerned Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:28:03 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/the-organic-marketing-scam/#comment-382 Actually it is not pretty dumb. It obviously does not apply to all things, so a little brain work is required. More thought on your part would have realized this. However it is a safe way to go. I would rather use hydrogen peroxide or sterile urine on a wound. Both of which could be ingested in small quantities without causing damage to the body. Actually it is not pretty dumb. It obviously does not apply to all things, so a little brain work is required. More thought on your part would have realized this.

However it is a safe way to go. I would rather use hydrogen peroxide or sterile urine on a wound. Both of which could be ingested in small quantities without causing damage to the body.

]]> Comment on The Organic marketing scam! by Doubro http://www.productalert.ca/news/the-organic-marketing-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Doubro Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:13:24 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/the-organic-marketing-scam/#comment-316 "If you can't eat it, I don't put it on my skin" ? Really? That's pretty dumb. I can't drink iodine, but that's the best thing to put on a scrape or abrasion. I think you should think before you speak. “If you can’t eat it, I don’t put it on my skin” ?

Really? That’s pretty dumb. I can’t drink iodine, but that’s the best thing to put on a scrape or abrasion.

I think you should think before you speak.

]]> Comment on The Organic marketing scam! by Doubro http://www.productalert.ca/news/the-organic-marketing-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Doubro Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:56:27 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/the-organic-marketing-scam/#comment-315 The whole concept of "Organic" products is a marketing scam. As if organic is inherently better...? What a joke... Do you know what's "Organic"? Salmonilla, Black Plague, Black mold, Ecoli bacteria, Small pox, insect feces and basically everything that killed people before the invention of science. Somehow, "Organic" has come to represent a perfect state of being that has never existed for humanity at any given time. The risks to health from tested and accepted pesticides and other chemicals are far less than the risk of driving a car, yet all you Organic health Freaks drive your Suvs to the Obama rallies to protest the use of Petro chemicals that keep you safer than your Volvo can. The whole concept of “Organic” products is a marketing scam.

As if organic is inherently better…? What a joke… Do you know what’s “Organic”?

Salmonilla, Black Plague, Black mold, Ecoli bacteria, Small pox, insect feces and basically everything that killed people before the invention of science.

Somehow, “Organic” has come to represent a perfect state of being that has never existed for humanity at any given time.

The risks to health from tested and accepted pesticides and other chemicals are far less than the risk of driving a car, yet all you Organic health Freaks drive your Suvs to the Obama rallies to protest the use of Petro chemicals that keep you safer than your Volvo can.

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by grammatoncleric82 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-309 grammatoncleric82 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:10:38 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-309 Question by Dene "Finally, for now, if you think that the skin absorbs everything put on it, how come people manage to swim in water for so long without becoming totally waterlogged? Ask any dermatologist about how much the skin can absorb – don’t rely on my word for it! Anwser = Even a 3rd grader knows that the Body is made up of 75% water...we are naturally water logged. Question by Dene “Finally, for now, if you think that the skin absorbs everything put on it, how come people manage to swim in water for so long without becoming totally waterlogged? Ask any dermatologist about how much the skin can absorb – don’t rely on my word for it!

Anwser = Even a 3rd grader knows that the Body is made up of 75% water…we are naturally water logged.

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by grammatoncleric82 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-308 grammatoncleric82 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:06:27 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-308 Of course im sure that Dene would also contend that Vaccines are perfectly safe and harmless and that Floride is good for you and Chemtrails are just jet fuel exuast and that MSG and HFCS is also harmless and that Aspartame is safe to consume ect. I could be wrong but it appears to me that Dene is employeed by the cosmetics industry...so natuarly he or she is goin to defend it to the ut most...beacuse it is denes livelyhood...i am threatining denes livelyhood by waking others up to the truth...GOOD. Of course im sure that Dene would also contend that Vaccines are perfectly safe and harmless and that Floride is good for you and Chemtrails are just jet fuel exuast and that MSG and HFCS is also harmless and that Aspartame is safe to consume ect. I could be wrong but it appears to me that Dene is employeed by the cosmetics industry…so natuarly he or she is goin to defend it to the ut most…beacuse it is denes livelyhood…i am threatining denes livelyhood by waking others up to the truth…GOOD.

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by grammatoncleric82 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-307 grammatoncleric82 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:52:44 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-307 @Dene.On Cosmetics...They're banned in Europe because of safety concerns, but they're still widely used in this country. Some clinical studies link phthalates to cancer and birth defects and a federal lab in the RTP is revealing why you should be concerned about the beauty secret. "They have to put tons and tons of makeup on you because of all the lights," said Olivia James, former model. James spent 15 years living the glamorous life."You know you've got someone working your hair, and you've got someone working your face," James said. "There's someone painting your nails."James was a New York model."Not just your face but your body was covered with a lot of corrective makeup, whether that's foundation, concealer, um, very thick consistency, um, to make it look as perfect as possible," said James. She thinks all that makeup was filled with chemicals called phthalates, and she's convinced it led to a birth defect in her son, Darren. Something called hypospadias when the urethra does not form correctly. "I felt very guilty, as a mother," she said. "You want to do everything you can to have a healthy happy child."Dr. Earl Gray is a researcher in RTP. In his lab, he's found evidence phthalates produce the very birth defect her son has."We've studied about 13 or 14 different phthalates and of that group eight of them are positive for these kinds of effects," said Dr. Gray. Gray works with the EPA. He's doing some of the world's leading research on the impact of phthalates. "There are also a lot of studies, human epidemiological studies, that have shown associations between phthalate exposures and cancers," he explained. Those studies show a connection to breast cancer and testicular cancer. In 2005, FDA researchers tested 48 different products everything from body lotion, hair spray and deodorant to nail polish, body wash and shampoo. They looked for four different phthalates and found them in a total of 32 products or 66 percent, but the same study said there was no basis to regulate phthalates in the U.S. at that time."I think consumers would have a very difficult time in deciding the products to not use, to avoid," Gray said. That's because Dr. Gray said phthalates aren't always included on the label. In Europe, it's easy to avoid phthalates. Two of them have been banned since 2004. Cosmetic companies have reformulated their products. "I personally take offense to that, that you can reformulate it for another country but you know, you can't do it for us, our money is green just like anyone else," James said. Burt's Bees is a natural cosmetics company headquartered in Wake County. Burt's refuses to use phthalates. "I do believe it's putting people at risk because there's enough evidence through a lot of research that they are carcinogens," said Celeste Lutrario, Burt's Bees. Lutrario spends a lot of time in the lab as head of research and development. She said it's harder to make products without phthalates, but it's the right thing to do. "They don't need to be in them, and the fact is Europe has formulated without them, we've formulated without them, so they don't need to be in the products," said Lutrario.A trade group called The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association disagrees. It says: "The use of phthalates in cosmetics and personal car products is supported by an extensive body of scientific research and data that confirms safety."The FDA and EPA have examined phthalates used in cosmetics and have not restricted that use. But Dr. Gray says that could change. Federal officials are now scrutinizing his research. "The EPA has, is beginning, to do risk assessments on some of the phthalates."For now, James is on her own crusade to convince people to stay away from phthalates. "Whenever I'm in the store, and I see the young girls they're putting the makeup on. They're trying them on, and you see pregnant women, and they're putting makeup on and I just want to shake them. "Three cosmetic companies have recently announced they're removing phthalates from their nail polish. They are Essie, OPI and Sally Hansen. This isn't just a concern for women. In 2005, the CDC found breakdown chemicals from two of the most common cosmetic phthalates in almost every member of a group of 2,800 people. An advocacy group said it has obtained ingredient lists for nearly 15,000 personal care products. In January, Consumer Reports tested eight perfumes, and it said the products all contained phthalates. @Dene.On Cosmetics…They’re banned in Europe because of safety concerns, but they’re still widely used in this country. Some clinical studies link phthalates to cancer and birth defects and a federal lab in the RTP is revealing why you should be concerned about the beauty secret. “They have to put tons and tons of makeup on you because of all the lights,” said Olivia James, former model.
James spent 15 years living the glamorous life.”You know you’ve got someone working your hair, and you’ve got someone working your face,” James said. “There’s someone painting your nails.”James was a New York model.”Not just your face but your body was covered with a lot of corrective makeup, whether that’s foundation, concealer, um, very thick consistency, um, to make it look as perfect as possible,” said James. She thinks all that makeup was filled with chemicals called phthalates, and she’s convinced it led to a birth defect in her son, Darren. Something called hypospadias when the urethra does not form correctly. “I felt very guilty, as a mother,” she said. “You want to do everything you can to have a healthy happy child.”Dr. Earl Gray is a researcher in RTP. In his lab, he’s found evidence phthalates produce the very birth defect her son has.”We’ve studied about 13 or 14 different phthalates and of that group eight of them are positive for these kinds of effects,” said Dr. Gray. Gray works with the EPA. He’s doing some of the world’s leading research on the impact of phthalates. “There are also a lot of studies, human epidemiological studies, that have shown associations between phthalate exposures and cancers,” he explained. Those studies show a connection to breast cancer and testicular cancer. In 2005, FDA researchers tested 48 different products everything from body lotion, hair spray and deodorant to nail polish, body wash and shampoo. They looked for four different phthalates and found them in a total of 32 products or 66 percent, but the same study said there was no basis to regulate phthalates in the U.S. at that time.”I think consumers would have a very difficult time in deciding the products to not use, to avoid,” Gray said.
That’s because Dr. Gray said phthalates aren’t always included on the label.
In Europe, it’s easy to avoid phthalates. Two of them have been banned since 2004. Cosmetic companies have reformulated their products. “I personally take offense to that, that you can reformulate it for another country but you know, you can’t do it for us, our money is green just like anyone else,” James said.
Burt’s Bees is a natural cosmetics company headquartered in Wake County. Burt’s refuses to use phthalates.
“I do believe it’s putting people at risk because there’s enough evidence through a lot of research that they are carcinogens,” said Celeste Lutrario, Burt’s Bees. Lutrario spends a lot of time in the lab as head of research and development. She said it’s harder to make products without phthalates, but it’s the right thing to do. “They don’t need to be in them, and the fact is Europe has formulated without them, we’ve formulated without them, so they don’t need to be in the products,” said Lutrario.A trade group called The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association disagrees.
It says: “The use of phthalates in cosmetics and personal car products is supported by an extensive body of scientific research and data that confirms safety.”The FDA and EPA have examined phthalates used in cosmetics and have not restricted that use. But Dr. Gray says that could change. Federal officials are now scrutinizing his research. “The EPA has, is beginning, to do risk assessments on some of the phthalates.”For now, James is on her own crusade to convince people to stay away from phthalates. “Whenever I’m in the store, and I see the young girls they’re putting the makeup on. They’re trying them on, and you see pregnant women, and they’re putting makeup on and I just want to shake them. “Three cosmetic companies have recently announced they’re removing phthalates from their nail polish. They are Essie, OPI and Sally Hansen.

This isn’t just a concern for women.

In 2005, the CDC found breakdown chemicals from two of the most common cosmetic phthalates in almost every member of a group of 2,800 people.
An advocacy group said it has obtained ingredient lists for nearly 15,000 personal care products.
In January, Consumer Reports tested eight perfumes, and it said the products all contained phthalates.

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by grammatoncleric82 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-306 grammatoncleric82 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:47:11 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-306 @Dene...The info in this forum alone proves that what you are promoting is a lie. The diffrence between you and I is that i give solid refrances...you dont. You admit that there are more sick people in the world today but then procede to blame it all on age. What about the millions upon millions of people who die every year due to supposed unknown illnesses like cancer ect, and thousands upon thousands of young people who die each day,...you didnt mention that...why not? Ohh let me guess all thoes contless people who suffer from fibromialgia morgellons cancer ect it is all beacuse of age. What you call facts are nothing more then a conflitc of intrest.You are simply repeating the lie. Your job is to play down and undermine the dangers that are apperant. Here are the real facts that the cosmetics industry does not not want the people to know. These are just a few of the ingredients found in commercial body soaps. Your morning shower is actually a hazardous chemical shower. If you're not choosing your body soaps carefull they are..most bathing products are made of animal products{Pig fat ect} a dead product...the skin is alive and can never be revitalized by using a dead product. What are these chemicals, and are they really necessary for cleanliness? no thet are not.If you're concerned about reducing the amount of dangerous chemicals and toxins you expose your body to, you need to know about typical body soaps.Eliminating processed foods, choosing organically grown, pesticide-free produce, and seeking out hormone-free meats from pasture fed animals is a wonderful start - but it's not enough! You can't completely escape all the toxins your body is exposed to in our modern world, but you can make better choices wherever possible. Do Unto Your Skin as You Would Into Your Body!Give serious thought to what you'd put on your skin -- as much as you would to what you'd put into your mouth. Why? Your skin covers up to 20 square feet of your body and is a living, breathing organ. It is your body's first line of defense against harmful substances. Your skin is a protective mechanical barrier for your internal organs and muscles. It also excretes waste products and excess salts from your body through sweat and tears.Your skin is also meant to absorb substances that are good for you, like Vitamin D from the sun, or healing herbals, and essential oils. So of course, your skin can also absorb substances that are BAD for you!{Wich dene denies}When your skin absorbs harmful chemicals, their toxins can lodge into your cells, tissues, and muscles, and eventually overwhelm your entire immune system. A weakened immune system can no longer do its' real job of defending you against disease-causing viruses, bacteria, fungal infections like candida yeast, cancer, and many other serious conditions. Most important, doing everything you can to remove dangerous toxins from your body is essential if you want to create healthy babies! For more information on why some toxins could even be a cause of autism, ADD and other disorders, read: Why Your Body Needs to Cleanse, (and The Surprising Signs That it Cleansing) Part I Common chemicals in body soap can cause the following health risks1: Benzaldehyde: Depresses the nervous system, brings on dizziness, vomiting, and sudden drops in blood pressure if inhaled. Benzyl Acetate: Eye and lung irritant, and known carcinogen that has been associated with pancreatic cancer. Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS): Breaks down fats, and impairs the skins ability to maintain moisture. Classified as a "mutagen" meaning it can alter genetic material in cells. Ethanol: On the EPA's hazardous waste list! Can irritate the respiratory tract and cause vision impairments and loss of muscle control Linalool: Narcotic substance that can harm your respiratory system and motor activity. Can also attract bees, which would be a problem for those of you allergic to bees. Again, this is just a short list to give you an idea. The good news is, you have plenty of healthy natural soaps to choose from! Here are some tips for picking the best body soaps: Feed your skin the best natural ingredients with these body soaps: Dr. Bronner's liquid soap for your body, hair and even your laundry! Khadi natural body soaps for herbs that relieve tension, heal your skin and relax your moods with aromatherapy! Read ingredient labels! Avoid animal or petroleum based soaps with artificial fragrances, or chemicals. Look for natural soaps with organic herb, or plant based ingredients. They should contain pure essential oils, olive, palm or coconut oils as a base. Miracle II soap is the best...it cures everything, including cancer. Natural soaps are also better for our planet because they don't harm the environment after they go down the drain! We especially like these Khadi handmade body soaps with natural ingredients and pure essential oils proven to have healing effects on the skin: Neem Tulsi Soap has skin healing properties. Sandal Turmeric Soap is naturally cooling. Rose-Sandal Soap relieves tension and tired muscles. Jasmine Cheese Soap is relaxing, stress relieving and anti-depressive. Try any of the Khadi natural body soaps for a dose of skin health AND aromatherapy! Other great options are: Dr. Bronner's soaps which are organic,100% natural, scented with essential oils, and eco-friendly. Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Skin Care Soap which is especially good for you if you suffer from acne, psoriasis, or any other skin infection. Next time you take your morning shower, love the skin you're in by "feeding" it a healthy diet of natural soap! It's just one more way to support your overall good health AND the health of our planet. Source: 1 "Coming Clean-The Hidden Dangers in Common Soap" by Siegel-Maier, Karyn. Originally published in Better Nutrition Magazine http://herbalmusings.com/coming-clean-soap.htm And one last thing that the commercial cosmetic industy wont tell you is that any soap with Parabens in them deplete the bodies Magnesium levels...turing the bodies Ph into acidic instead of Alkalin. @Dene…The info in this forum alone proves that what you are promoting is a lie. The diffrence between you and I is that i give solid refrances…you dont. You admit that there are more sick people in the world today but then procede to blame it all on age. What about the millions upon millions of people who die every year due to supposed unknown illnesses like cancer ect, and thousands upon thousands of young people who die each day,…you didnt mention that…why not? Ohh let me guess all thoes contless people who suffer from fibromialgia morgellons cancer ect it is all beacuse of age. What you call facts are nothing more then a conflitc of intrest.You are simply repeating the lie. Your job is to play down and undermine the dangers that are apperant.

Here are the real facts that the cosmetics industry does not not want the people to know.

These are just a few of the ingredients found in commercial body soaps.

Your morning shower is actually a hazardous chemical shower. If you’re not choosing your body soaps carefull they are..most bathing products are made of animal products{Pig fat ect} a dead product…the skin is alive and can never be revitalized by using a dead product.
What are these chemicals, and are they really necessary for cleanliness? no thet are not.If you’re concerned about reducing the amount of dangerous chemicals and toxins you expose your body to, you need to know about typical body soaps.Eliminating processed foods, choosing organically grown, pesticide-free produce, and seeking out hormone-free meats from pasture fed animals is a wonderful start – but it’s not enough!
You can’t completely escape all the toxins your body is exposed to in our modern world, but you can make better choices wherever possible.
Do Unto Your Skin as You Would Into Your Body!Give serious thought to what you’d put on your skin — as much as you would to what you’d put into your mouth. Why? Your skin covers up to 20 square feet of your body and is a living, breathing organ. It is your body’s first line of defense against harmful substances.
Your skin is a protective mechanical barrier for your internal organs and muscles. It also excretes waste products and excess salts from your body through sweat and tears.Your skin is also meant to absorb substances that are good for you, like Vitamin D from the sun, or healing herbals, and essential oils.
So of course, your skin can also absorb substances that are BAD for you!{Wich dene denies}When your skin absorbs harmful chemicals, their toxins can lodge into your cells, tissues, and muscles, and eventually overwhelm your entire immune system. A weakened immune system can no longer do its’ real job of defending you against disease-causing viruses, bacteria, fungal infections like candida yeast, cancer, and many other serious conditions. Most important, doing everything you can to remove dangerous toxins from your body is essential if you want to create healthy babies! For more information on why some toxins could even be a cause of autism, ADD and other disorders, read: Why Your Body Needs to Cleanse, (and The Surprising Signs That it Cleansing) Part I Common chemicals in body soap can cause the following health risks1:

Benzaldehyde: Depresses the nervous system, brings on dizziness, vomiting, and sudden drops in blood pressure if inhaled.
Benzyl Acetate: Eye and lung irritant, and known carcinogen that has been associated with pancreatic cancer.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS): Breaks down fats, and impairs the skins ability to maintain moisture. Classified as a “mutagen” meaning it can alter genetic material in cells.
Ethanol: On the EPA’s hazardous waste list! Can irritate the respiratory tract and cause vision impairments and loss of muscle control
Linalool: Narcotic substance that can harm your respiratory system and motor activity. Can also attract bees, which would be a problem for those of you allergic to bees.

Again, this is just a short list to give you an idea. The good news is, you have plenty of healthy natural soaps to choose from! Here are some tips for picking the best body soaps:

Feed your skin the best natural ingredients with these body soaps:

Dr. Bronner’s liquid soap for your body, hair and even your laundry!
Khadi natural body soaps for herbs that relieve tension, heal your skin and relax your moods with aromatherapy!
Read ingredient labels! Avoid animal or petroleum based soaps with artificial fragrances, or chemicals.
Look for natural soaps with organic herb, or plant based ingredients. They should contain pure essential oils, olive, palm or coconut oils as a base.

Miracle II soap is the best…it cures everything, including cancer.

Natural soaps are also better for our planet because they don’t harm the environment after they go down the drain!
We especially like these Khadi handmade body soaps with natural ingredients and pure essential oils proven to have healing effects on the skin:
Neem Tulsi Soap has skin healing properties.

Sandal Turmeric Soap is naturally cooling.

Rose-Sandal Soap relieves tension and tired muscles.

Jasmine Cheese Soap is relaxing, stress relieving and anti-depressive.
Try any of the Khadi natural body soaps for a dose of skin health AND aromatherapy!

Other great options are:

Dr. Bronner’s soaps which are organic,100% natural, scented with essential oils, and eco-friendly.
Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Skin Care Soap which is especially good for you if you suffer from acne, psoriasis, or any other skin infection.

Next time you take your morning shower, love the skin you’re in by “feeding” it a healthy diet of natural soap! It’s just one more way to support your overall good health AND the health of our planet.
Source:

1 “Coming Clean-The Hidden Dangers in Common Soap” by Siegel-Maier, Karyn. Originally published in Better Nutrition Magazine
http://herbalmusings.com/coming-clean-soap.htm

And one last thing that the commercial cosmetic industy wont tell you is that any soap with Parabens in them deplete the bodies Magnesium levels…turing the bodies Ph into acidic instead of Alkalin.

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by Dene http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Dene Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:08:28 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-305 Just to be a little more precise on this population argument - the world's population in 1810 was 900 million. It is now 6.45 billion - an increase of more than seven-fold. Just to be a little more precise on this population argument – the world’s population in 1810 was 900 million. It is now 6.45 billion – an increase of more than seven-fold.

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by Dene http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Dene Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:49:54 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-304 @Sara, I take your comment to suggest that, if there is the slightest hint of self-interest/company sponsorship in any study, then it is virtually invalid. This, I believe, is unduly cynical. If you are sufficiently well-informed/well-educated, it is often possible to work out for yourself what is believable and what is not. Take my analysis of Dr. Darbre's 2004 study as an example. This clearly has little scientific merit, yet a lot of people accept it (mainly because they have never read it in detail, if at all, and it suits their purpose to believe it). Your use of the word GENEROUS was unneccessary - you almost imply bribery! No company would spend any more money than is required ot carry out the study. I agree that it is possible to design a study in favour of the desired result, but it is much less simple to completely falsify the results. It doesn't need company sponsorship to produce a completely invalid study - Darbre proved that. With regard to the studies carried out by researchers, you say to Kayla that there are "more than you know" - implying that YOU know, but she doesn't. How do you have this information? How do you know that Kayla doesn't know? Your comment about millions dying from cancer has no scientific basis whatsoever and is invalid - there is no link to synthetic chemicals (or parabens in particular)simply from the fact that the world is different and that many thousands more synthetic chemicals are around. If you take the time to read the statements on the websites of ALL the major cancer research organisations (who do NOT have a vested interest in synthetic chemicals), you will see that they say that lifestyle is probably the major contributory cause to cancer in modern society. Many of the synthetic chemicals you and others like you abhor have contributed towards increasing the life expectancy from around 40 years (200 years ago) to around 80 years today. As I said in an earlier post, can you please explain how, despite the "toxic soup" of synthetic chemicals, as some have described it, we currently share this planet with 6 BILLION people - more, much more than at any other time in human history. Link? Perhaps the presence of so many synthetic chemicals is beneficial to humans. There is a stronger link to my argument that there is to yours! @Sara, I take your comment to suggest that, if there is the slightest hint of self-interest/company sponsorship in any study, then it is virtually invalid. This, I believe, is unduly cynical. If you are sufficiently well-informed/well-educated, it is often possible to work out for yourself what is believable and what is not. Take my analysis of Dr. Darbre’s 2004 study as an example. This clearly has little scientific merit, yet a lot of people accept it (mainly because they have never read it in detail, if at all, and it suits their purpose to believe it). Your use of the word GENEROUS was unneccessary – you almost imply bribery! No company would spend any more money than is required ot carry out the study. I agree that it is possible to design a study in favour of the desired result, but it is much less simple to completely falsify the results. It doesn’t need company sponsorship to produce a completely invalid study – Darbre proved that.

With regard to the studies carried out by researchers, you say to Kayla that there are “more than you know” – implying that YOU know, but she doesn’t. How do you have this information? How do you know that Kayla doesn’t know?

Your comment about millions dying from cancer has no scientific basis whatsoever and is invalid – there is no link to synthetic chemicals (or parabens in particular)simply from the fact that the world is different and that many thousands more synthetic chemicals are around. If you take the time to read the statements on the websites of ALL the major cancer research organisations (who do NOT have a vested interest in synthetic chemicals), you will see that they say that lifestyle is probably the major contributory cause to cancer in modern society. Many of the synthetic chemicals you and others like you abhor have contributed towards increasing the life expectancy from around 40 years (200 years ago) to around 80 years today. As I said in an earlier post, can you please explain how, despite the “toxic soup” of synthetic chemicals, as some have described it, we currently share this planet with 6 BILLION people – more, much more than at any other time in human history. Link? Perhaps the presence of so many synthetic chemicals is beneficial to humans. There is a stronger link to my argument that there is to yours!

]]> Comment on Johnson & Johnson Baby Products BAD! by Sara http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Sara Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:30:32 +0000 http://www.productalert.ca/news/johnson-johnson-baby-products-bad/#comment-303 Do you believe every research study, article or book every published is completely true? How many so called researchers/companies that write these studies receive GENEROUS donations from the companies that want these studies written. .. more than you know. You can argue and post what you think is fact all you want. But if you look around you and see millions dying of different types of cancer and look at what is different in the world from 100 or 200 years ago. Then you will see a link. Do you believe every research study, article or book every published is completely true?

How many so called researchers/companies that write these studies receive GENEROUS donations from the companies that want these studies written. .. more than you know.

You can argue and post what you think is fact all you want. But if you look around you and see millions dying of different types of cancer and look at what is different in the world from 100 or 200 years ago. Then you will see a link.

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