Joel Horn's Blog » cosmetics http://joelhorn.com The View from North 59th Street Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Protect Yourself From Personal-Care Products http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/ http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:37:59 +0000 Joel Horn http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/ You might know that Susan McGrath, my girlfriend, has been writing about endocrine disrupting compounds in the environment. She has a feature coming out in Audubon this spring but she has also started writing some short news-you-can-use pieces in AARP online. Here is a link: CLICK HERE

In the meantime  CLICK HERE to go to the Cosmetic Safety Database to check out the produts that you are currently using. It may change what you decide to put in your hair and on your skin.

By the way, there are safe products out there but you can’t assume that your products are safe without checking them out.

Joel Horn


]]> http://joelhorn.com/2009/12/01/835/feed/ 3 Endocrine disruptors affecting your children? http://joelhorn.com/2008/12/07/endocrine-disruptors-affecting-your-children/ http://joelhorn.com/2008/12/07/endocrine-disruptors-affecting-your-children/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:56:43 +0000 Joel Horn http://joelhorn.com/?p=634 I am becoming more familiar with the serious impact that various manmade chemicals are having on our children’s endocrine system. In addition, I am increasingly amazed that these chemicals are unregulated. How is this possible?

But the good news is that you can go to the cosmetic safety database below and check out most products. The search engine searches the manufacturer’s own data sheets. It does not list the additional chemicals that they exclude because they claim trade secrets.

Check it out with you and your spouse’s lotions, creams, soaps, and make-up and then enter your son’s and  daughter’s products.

Joel Horn

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