CONSUMER ALERT: CANCER-CAUSING INGREDIENT FOUND IN LEADING ORGANIC & NATURAL

[Guest guest]

You may remember a few months back when I posted that I had developed

scalp sores to a product that was labelled organic....this explains

why!

CONSUMER ALERT:

CANCER-CAUSING INGREDIENT FOUND IN LEADING " ORGANIC " & " NATURAL "

PERSONAL CARE PRODCUTS

A newly released study commissioned by the Organic Consumers

Association (OCA) and overseen by environmental health consumer

advocate Steinman (author of The Safe Shopper's Bible),

revealed the presence of the undisclosed carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-

Dioxane in leading shampoos, body washes, lotions and other personal

care and household cleaning products claiming to be " natural "

or " organic " . The study results, to be released this weekend at the

Natural Products Expo in California, are already sending shockwaves

through the " organic " and " natural " body care industry. Laboratory

tests showed that products certified under the USDA National Organic

Program DID NOT contain this toxin, but most of the best selling

personal care products claiming to be " organic " (but not USDA

certified) contained the cancer-causing ingredient. All leading self-

proclaimed " organic " brands have at least a few individual " certified

organic " ingredients, but for most of these top-selling brands, the

product, as a whole, is not USDA organic certified, thereby allowing

the presence of synthetic toxins. Similar studies have revealed the

presence of this toxin in conventional personal care products, but

this is the first study indicating the presence in misleadingly

labeled " organic " and " natural " products.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/comingclean.cfm

CONSUMER TIP OF THE WEEK:

HOW TO AVOID 1,4-DIOXANE IN YOUR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS

Some of the products found to contain 1,4-Dioxane: JASON Pure Natural

& Organic, Giovanni Organic Cosmetics, Kiss My Face, Nature & #146;s Gate

Organics (see a full list of OCA's study results here)

****Remember that just because a personal care product labels itself

with the words " organic " or " certified organic " doesn't mean it meets

any specified organic standards.

*****Look for products that are certified under the USDA National

Organic Program (or a similar German program) and products that bear

the " USDA Organic " seal. Search product labels for ingredients with

the following in their names to avoid products containing 1,4-

Dioxane: myreth, oleth, laureth, ceteareth, any other eth, PEG,

polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene, or oxynol.

****In general, avoid products with unpronounceable ingredients to be

sure to avoid synthetic toxins and carcinogens.

Kim