
While we are waiting for the FDA to catch up and regulate these products, how do we avoid putting endless amounts of chemicals on our face and bodies and on our children every day? Think of every product you put onto your body: shampoo, lotion, make-up, deodorant. All those products may contain harmful ingredients! To start, you can go to this website that rates cosmetic products' toxicity from 1 to 10. Pay attention to what products you are buying when you are at the store, and if a product is really unnecessary, stop using it. You can also write letters or emails to companies making these products and tell them that you want safer, toxic free products.
There is a great project going on called the Story of Stuff. Annie Leonard uses cartoons to help educate people on environmental issues. There is a video called the Story of Cosmetics that everyone should watch, and while you are there, take a look at some of her other videos too. The website is www.storyofstuff.org.
Picture from Storyofstuff.org.
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