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  Natural & Organic Certifications
With natural sections popping up in virtually every retail store these days, it seems that consumers are more interested than ever in buying natural care products to maximize their well-being. But in the smoke and mirror world of today's mainstream marketing, how do we know what
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Thanks Judy! What a great resource. This will make it a lot easier to shop. You know, I just fell victim to this last week. I was shopping for a new shampoo and I picked up Natures Gate Tea Tree Shampoo thinking that if it was a Nature's Gate product, then it should be fine (which is very stupid of me since I had just written my first post on this subject!). Just the other day I looked more carefully at the label and there I found the dreaded "PROPYLPARABEN" ingredient. I just checked the website you sited and it got a score of 4...which is not so good. I guess I have to be a little more careful. I was also surprised to see that a lot of the products that scored an 8 (worst score) where kid products!! posted by katiek on 10/ 9/2007 12:27 pm Log on to www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep2 for a cosmetic database that rates the toxicity of cosmetics. Unfortunately, some of the most popular big name brands are not included because they won't do it. Hmmm. I was happily surprised to find that some Revlon products are safer than many of the so-called natural brands. The listing also indicated whether a company is a signer of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics (indicates they have pledged not to use phtalates, parabens & other baddies) and if they use animal testing. The site has a petition to sign if you support regulation of ingredients (US only). posted by judy on 10/ 9/2007 10:13 am Hey here is a company that is trying to do something about the lack of definition in the Natural product market. www.burtsbees.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&contentPageId=455 posted by Barry Jacobs on 10/ 2/2007 7:03 pm I recently went onto the Lush cosmetics website for the US, then the UK website, to find out what was in their products. I was startled to find that they use a whole serious of colourants in their products that may have various health consequences. They use various red, blue and yellow colourants which may cause adverse skin reactions, and sometimes more. They are also using ingredients such as Sodium Lauryl and Laureth Sulphate, and EDTA/Tetrasodium Editronate, widely used in soap manufacture with possible links to adverse health reports. For a company which touts itself as making 'natural' cosmetics, and which has become so big on the back of this claim, this was a little shocking. I think we should all be checking ALL products from now on. I am aware that some companies fortunately make commitments that they keep about product ingredients, so perhaps we need to stick with those? Like Katiek, for me if those 'extra' ingredients can go inside, then the outside's not a problem! posted by adamgilliland on 9/30/2007 5:47 am The same thing goes for the term "Organic". Organic labels now come in varying types (referenced by organic.org/home/faq#faq2):
posted by katiek on 9/28/2007 12:40 pm
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I use Olive Oil Shampoo and Conditioner from the Heritage Store at www.caycecures.com. It's great stuff with nothing bad in it.
Mike Adams from NewsTarget.com uses it and that's a good enough recommendation for me.
Suz
posted by skupe on 10/ 9/2007 6:46 pm