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I want to emphasize that with any and all health information found here or anywhere: Please, check with your Physician before making changes to your specific Health Plan! Thank you for the privilege of your visit!
- Consumer Notice: www.consumernotice.org Our goal is to educate at least one new person a day about the environmental hazards they may have been exposed to. We believe knowledge is power and want to provide as many resources as possible to those who may be affected.
Oil spills, chemical leaks and other environmental disasters can suddenly put you at risk for serious health conditions. So can long-term exposure to products you may use on the job.
Highlighted Item today... www.consumernotice.org/environmental/pollution-reduction/ How YOU can prevent and Reduce pollution!!! Let's save our environment for our children and Grandchildren!
EWG (Environmental Working Group) Group of highly qualified personnel who have provided valuable information for our health and safety. Each small booklet is available in hard copy for a donation. Click http://www.ewg.org/consumer-guides or follow the specific links below: Please support them with donation, if possible!
### MOST VALUABLE FOR US in the Northwest! ### This has multiple links available regarding our SKIN and the need to protect it safety from the Sun’s harmful rays: www.ewg.org/sunscreen It is best to avoid the sun (wear clothes, hats, especially sunglasses, and find shade to avoid any chance of sunburn, especially for children.
Just click for: EWG's Guide to Sunscreens
Just click for: EWG's Guide to Sunscreens
To read about Better Choices for Skin: Sun, Makeup, Skin Care, Hair, Nails, Fragrance, Babies & Moms, Oral Care, Men (tabs on top)… follow this link: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Scroll further down for more safety tips to assist with protecting your skin, especially in our Pacific Northwest where we are so close to the sunshine!
Scroll further down for more safety tips to assist with protecting your skin, especially in our Pacific Northwest where we are so close to the sunshine!
For the Healthy Cleaning Guide: this link has over 2,000 products listed: http://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners
For some Healthy Home Tips to “create the best environment for your family – free of dangerous chemicals and wasteful material”… This link has 16 different specific sheets on home environmental safety. http://www.ewg.org/healthyhometips
To read about the pesticides used on our vegetables and fruits, there are some recommended best to buy Organic : http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/index.php
Several other guides referring to GMO FOODS. This page also includes research articles. http://www.ewg.org/key-issues/food/gmo-foods
2014’s Shopper’s Guide to Avoid GE Foods - 3 Options Available: Buy Organic, “Non-GMO Project Verified”, Use EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Avoid GE Food. http://www.ewg.org/research/shoppers-guide-to-avoiding-ge-food
2014’s Shopper’s Guide to Avoid GE Foods - 3 Options Available: Buy Organic, “Non-GMO Project Verified”, Use EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Avoid GE Food. http://www.ewg.org/research/shoppers-guide-to-avoiding-ge-food
Also Available Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors, Five Reasons to Skip Bottled Water,
EWG’s Guide to Bug Repellents, Children’s Cereals: Sugar by the Pound, Good Food on a Tight Budget, Shopper’s Guide to CFL Bulbs, and EWG’s Back to School Guide.
EWG’s Guide to Bug Repellents, Children’s Cereals: Sugar by the Pound, Good Food on a Tight Budget, Shopper’s Guide to CFL Bulbs, and EWG’s Back to School Guide.
EWG Sunscreen Hall of Shame There are a lot of sunscreens on the market: some good, some bad and then the shameful. Those in the last category are not only a waste of money and time but also potentially harmful.
1) Spray sunscreens People like sprays because they’re easy to squirt on squirming kids and hard-to-reach areas. But they may pose serious inhalation risks, and they make it too easy to apply too little or miss a spot. The FDA has expressed doubts about their safety and effectiveness but hasn’t banned them. As long as they’re legal, sunscreen manufacturers will make them.
2) Sky-high SPFs One eighth of the sunscreens we evaluated this year boast SPFs above 50+. SPF stands for “sun protection factor,” but that outdated term refers only to protection against UVB rays that burn the skin. It has little to do with a product’s ability to protect skin from UVA rays, which penetrate deep into the body, accelerate skin aging, may suppress the immune system and may cause skin cancer. The worst thing about high-SPF products is that they give people a false sense of security and tempt them to stay in the sun too long. They suppress sunburns but raise the risk of other kinds of skin damage. The FDA is considering barring SPF above 50+.
3) Oxybenzone Half of the beach and sport sunscreens in this year’s guide contain oxybenzone, an active ingredient in sunscreens. But it penetrates the skin, gets into the bloodstream and acts like estrogen in the body. It can trigger allergic skin reactions.
4) Retinyl palmitate Nearly 20 percent of the sunscreens and SPF-rated moisturizers and 13 percent of SPF-rate lip products contain retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A. Night creams with this chemical may help skin look more youthful. But on sun-exposed skin, retinyl palmitate may speed development of skin tumors and lesions, according to government studies. Why does the FDA allow this “inactive ingredient” in sunscreens intended for use in the sun? The agency has been studying the chemical for years but hasn’t made a decision. We have. The definitive study may not have been done, but we think we know enough to believe you’re better off without sunscreens with retinyl palmitate.
- Spray sunscreens can be inhaled, and they don’t cover skin completely.
- SPF values above 50+ . SPF protection tops out at 30 to 50.
- Oxybenzone can disrupt the hormone system.
- Retinyl palmitate may trigger damage, possibly cancer.
1) Spray sunscreens People like sprays because they’re easy to squirt on squirming kids and hard-to-reach areas. But they may pose serious inhalation risks, and they make it too easy to apply too little or miss a spot. The FDA has expressed doubts about their safety and effectiveness but hasn’t banned them. As long as they’re legal, sunscreen manufacturers will make them.
2) Sky-high SPFs One eighth of the sunscreens we evaluated this year boast SPFs above 50+. SPF stands for “sun protection factor,” but that outdated term refers only to protection against UVB rays that burn the skin. It has little to do with a product’s ability to protect skin from UVA rays, which penetrate deep into the body, accelerate skin aging, may suppress the immune system and may cause skin cancer. The worst thing about high-SPF products is that they give people a false sense of security and tempt them to stay in the sun too long. They suppress sunburns but raise the risk of other kinds of skin damage. The FDA is considering barring SPF above 50+.
3) Oxybenzone Half of the beach and sport sunscreens in this year’s guide contain oxybenzone, an active ingredient in sunscreens. But it penetrates the skin, gets into the bloodstream and acts like estrogen in the body. It can trigger allergic skin reactions.
4) Retinyl palmitate Nearly 20 percent of the sunscreens and SPF-rated moisturizers and 13 percent of SPF-rate lip products contain retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A. Night creams with this chemical may help skin look more youthful. But on sun-exposed skin, retinyl palmitate may speed development of skin tumors and lesions, according to government studies. Why does the FDA allow this “inactive ingredient” in sunscreens intended for use in the sun? The agency has been studying the chemical for years but hasn’t made a decision. We have. The definitive study may not have been done, but we think we know enough to believe you’re better off without sunscreens with retinyl palmitate.
