I am ending my day on a low note.  This was kind of a shitty day as it was, but after reading a certain blog post on BlogHer, I was directed to a website that informed me that my shampoo, conditioner, face cream, deodorant, hair color and toothpaste all contain ingredients that are linked to cancer, neurotoxicity, and a bunch of other shit I’d really like to avoid.  No, really.  Most of the things that I use ranked no lower than a 4 on a scale of 10.  I’d like to lower that. 

I do think this place is ok with erring on the side of caution, which is why I’m not running down my street throwing shampoo at passing cars and screaming “THIS IS CANCER!”  I am a little uncomfortable with some of my everyday cosmetics being more than a 2 or so.  I would also like to avoid smooshing hazardous things all over my brand new baby boy. 

So what’s the score now, guys?  Plastic is turning out oceans into giant unflushed toilets, everything we use to clean oursleves and avoid stinking gives us cancer, our dependence on fossil fuels is still entirely too high, and with all of the scientific advances they still haven’t made zero calorie cupcakes. 

We have to really try to not get down on ourselves.  All of these problems seem so big and out of our reach.  What we all need to realize is that small changes make a difference as long as everybody does them.  Where the environment is concerned, any little thing done by 10 households really adds up.  As far as our health is concerned, just paying attention to what we are exposing ourselves to (food-wise or soap-wise) we are more likely to think twice before gorging on magic cancer cream. 

I am, however, still considering that hermit thing.  It almost seems sane sometimes.  Check out that database and see how toxic your favorite products are.

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