The Organic marketing scam!
Just because its says “Organic” does not mean it is 100% organic. It does not even mean its 70% organic. Anyone can put the word organic on there products aslong as one ingredient is organic. I noticed this the other day while shopping at [tag]Costco[/tag]. They had a new “Organic” shampoo on their shelves. As I am always looking to see what is new in the [tag]Organic[/tag] and Natural lines I read the product cover. Organic Olive Oil shampoo. Great I thought… So then I picked up the product to read more. 2nd ingredient is Sodium Laureth Sulfate a known problem causer and one of over top 10 ingredients to avoid. As I further read the only ingredient I found Organic was the Olive oil. So that says it all. Just because its says “Organic”.. does not mean its 100% organic and or safe for you or your family to use.
My recommendations is to always read the [tag]ingredients[/tag]. I live by the saying, “if you can’t eat it.. I don’t put it on my skin”. You might think this makes it hard to shop for [tag]soap[/tag] and other items, but really it does not. What it does is save our family money as we are not out there buying into the elaborate marketing gimics of product companies. Go back to the basics and live your life healthy and disease free.
For those of you interested in Sodium Lauryl Sulfate .. here is some info for you.
Both Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and its close relative Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) are commonly used in many soaps, shampoos, detergents, toothpastes and other products that we expect to “foam up”. Both chemicals are very effective foaming agents, chemically known as surfactants.
SLS and SLES are esters of Sulphuric acid – SLS is also known as “Sulfuric acid monododecyl ester sodium salt”, however there are over 150 different names by which it is known – see them here. In fact, SLES is commonly contaminated with dioxane, a known carcinogen.
Although SLES is somewhat less irritating than Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, it cannot be metabolised by the liver and its effects are therefore much longer-lasting.
A report published in the Journal of The American College of Toxicology in 1983 showed that concentrations as low as 0.5% could cause irritation and concentrations of 10-30% caused skin corrosion and severe irritation. National Institutes of Health “Household Products Directory” of chemical ingredients lists over 80 products that contain sodium lauryl sulfate. Some soaps have concentrations of up to 30%, which the ACT report called “highly irritating and dangerous”.
Shampoos are among the most frequently reported products to the FDA. Reports include eye irritation, scalp irritation, tangled hair, swelling of the hands, face and arms and split and fuzzy hair. The main cause of these problems is sodium lauryl sulfate
Tags: dangerous chemicals, health, is it safe, marketing, natural skin care products, organic, organic ingredients, organic skin care products, our skin, scams
Posted on: January 4, 2008
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Comments (3)
Doubro
January 29th, 2011 at 7:56 am
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.
Doubro
January 29th, 2011 at 8:13 am
“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.
Concerned
March 30th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
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.
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