| For years, I have warned people of
the danger of personal care products. If you look at the
ingredients manufacturers put in their products -- soaps,
deodorants, toothpastes and so on -- you will be horrified.
These ingredients are highly toxic and cause cancer. They
promote leukemia, nervous system disorders and liver problems.
Now, some new information has come from Virginia Tech.
Researchers that have found that the chemical triclosan, which
is found in a lot of antimicrobial soaps and toothpaste
products, can react with chlorine in the
tap water.
Guess what you get? (This is the horrifying part.) Chloroform.
This is a toxic chemical that can give you
cancer. In the
old movies, you might have seen someone give a person chloroform
to knock them unconscious. If you breathe enough chloroform, you
will die.
If you are brushing your teeth with
toothpaste
that has triclosan in it, and you are rinsing with tap
water that has
chlorine in it, you are getting a little chemical reaction right
in your mouth. What a wonderful gift from the toothpaste
manufacturers. That's not to mention that some of the
toothpastes contain
fluoride that
isn't really fluoride but fluorosilicic acid, which is
a toxic waste
product that is molecularly similar to fluoride but has a much
different effect on the
human body
-- a toxic effect. When you wash your hands with
antibacterial soap that contains triclosan, you are getting
the fumes emitted from this chemical reaction.
Most people's homes are toxic waste dumps. They
have products that contain triclosan,
deodorants that contain aluminum (absorbed
right through your skin), shampoos that have
toxic
fragrance chemicals and hair coloring
products that contain cancer-causing chemicals.
There are perfumes and colognes that people just
slather on like they are taking a bath in them.
Their senses get dulled, and soon they can't
even smell the stuff anymore. People also put on
clothes that have been washed in detergent
loaded with fragrance chemicals. These people
run around in these clothes and sweat, which
helps the toxicity absorb into the skin and
bloodstream where it promotes cancer. There are
fake air fresheners and furniture polishes that
contain toxic chemicals. These products are all
promoted as being helpful when really they are
quite deadly. Toothpaste is supposed to help you
clean your teeth, but the number one ingredient
in toothpaste is calcium carbonate, which is
just ground-up seashells that actually mar the
enamel on your teeth, giving
bacteria a place to hide out and replicate.
Some toothpaste also has formaldehyde in it.
| The
answer to why you are diseased
is that if you are the average
American consumer, you are
bathing and living in a system
of toxic chemicals that you have
purchased and brought home.
You use dish
detergents that contain
toxic chemicals and then eat off
of the plates that were washed
in them. How crazy are we in
this country that we keep on
making products that kill people
and putting them on the shelves
and printing little "25 percent
off" coupons?
You are seriously misled if
you think you can just wipe out
all of the bacteria in your
house with antibacterial soap.
Do you think you are going to be
germ free? Have you checked your
doorknobs and your own skin?
What about your toothbrush? I
bet there are more colonies of
bacteria in your toothbrush than
there are people in the entire
city in which you live. These
antibacterial products are
useless. They have no value on
the market or in your home. It
is all a huge marketing gimmick
Studies show
triclosan is
toxic to your
health
This Virginia
Tech study shows
that triclosan
is a real health
hazard. However,
the companies
using it are
going to say
that the study
was flawed, and
the amount that
is used is so
minimal that it
is well within
the safety
levels
established by
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
| They may claim some other silly nonsense, too, but the truth is this ingredient has no place in or around the human body. Only fools coat their body with products containing triclosan. Unfortunately, most people are fooled by this chemical, and they don't understand its real dangers. Personally, I don't need to wash my mouth out with something that is going to create chloroform. This is basic common sense. The fact that these products are even being allowed on the shelves defies common sense. Where has the sanity gone in our consumer products industry? It has been replaced by the profit motive.
Triclosan is put into these products for the convenience of the manufacturers. It will stop their product from going bad, and it allows them to make ridiculous claims on the label. For example, a label may say, "Proven to kill 99.99 percent of bacteria." This sells products, yet it isn't based on any kind of science whatsoever.
If you are new to all this and think everything I just said is crazy, doesn't make any sense or is overly worrisome, then do your research. Don't believe everything I just said -- start doing some reading on triclosan. Start reading about aluminum in deodorants and fragrance in shampoos and perfume, and then you will discover the truth for yourself. You can search Google for information right now. Just search for "triclosan" and see what you find.
If you do the research and are honest with what you find, you will quickly discover that these products are a hazard to your health. They are a threat to you and your family and should be outlawed. They should be reformulated without cancer-causing ingredients. Of course, that would cost Big Business a lot of money. Companies use these ingredients because they are cheap. Where do you think the color comes from in mouthwash? It's from an artificial color chemical. What most manufacturers care about is moving products, and until Congress demands they stop using harmful ingredients, they're going to keep doing so.
I encourage you to find out about more about triclosan and stop using products that contain the chemical. Shop at health food stores. Stop giving your money to manufacturers who are poisoning and exploiting you for profit. |
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