My body, my toxic waste dump

June 22, 2004

The Environmental Working Group thinks it’s important for you to know just what’s in that lotion you’re dumping all over your tender, exposed skin. So they’ve developed a 10-point scale (10 being “oh my God, my flesh is burning!”) and a search engine for you to plug in your favorite brand of personal grooming aid to see just how badly it’s fucking you up.

You can search product categories (i.e. Oral Care), then narrow that down to individual types of products (i.e. Toothpaste), and get a list of all the products in their inventory, from the most toxic (i.e. Zooth Cat in the Hat Value Pak at 7.4) to the least (a three-way tie between some Tom’s of Maine products at 2.9). Clicking on an individual brand lists the supposed safety concerns for that product (i.e. American Crew Pliable Molding Creme for Men gives you cancer!).

Yay! Another reason to be scared of everything, everything in the whole world! Yay!

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Josh added:

Jeez louise

First some gets shot on the NY Subway last night

Then I find out that my shampoo, moisturizer and toothpaste all have toxic levels of these nasty chemicals

Next thing someone is gonna tell me that having high cholesterol is bad for me too!

I’m just going to make myself some microwave popcorn and relax in my tanning bed – unless you think that those are bad too!

Posted on June 23, 2004 12:10 PM

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