Boycotted products? Lifestyle question

one more! I can't believe I forgot!

I boycot any and all commercialized feminine hygeine products. I use a divacup. there are at least 2 other kinds of cups. I also use cloth pads. shoot, there are even natural tampons and pads-both unbleached. I cannot support any of the companies that produce feminine wipes, douches, bleached tampons and pads, anything scented that is supposed to go near a vulva, etc. for one, the chemicals are toxic to our bodies and 2.) the commercial feminine hygeine industry supports keeping women feeling dirty about themselves. In fact, they are one of the main reasons women do feel that way. We're not dirty. We're not gross. Periods may not be super fun OMG time but we're not disgusting. Whatever helps them sell their product though. I highly recommend a book called cunt by inga muscio.

that one I'm not positive about. a lot of companies will claim they don't test on animals but really it's only the finished product. it's hard to find out too. they don't wanna give that info up even if you contact them.

I am very out of date on my info but will chime in what was & hopefully it will get better (*~*)
Labelling is a big marketing problem for the consumer that wants to buy better but is hurried in life.

Years ago Aubrey Hampton, the founder & research head of Aubrey Organics, started a federal court case to force the FDA & US to have clearer & better guidelines to labelling; this before Revlon packaged 'natural' hair dyes bcz they add a few so called herbs in the extremely toxic formulas.
There were 2 other companies that joined AAH in this court battle -Desert Essence of Tea Tree fame & I'm too rusty to remember the other......
AH has wanted to force companies to label correctly in that a consumer can easily understand what really is true. But basically only the word *organic* has legal guidelines. I can sell you anything as ^Pure ____* bcz it is pure bs not pretend bs. Or it can be pretend bs & I label it pure if some where on the label I mention that the bs meets the minumim bs requirement to becalled bs...... which very low naturel bs can qualify for the rest of the junque to be called pure

Organic also has minimum requirements but labelers can put the word organic somewhere as long as the list of ingrediants matches up to a required amount which is Not 100%. Responsible companies will say 97% pure such as Burt's Bees. Some such as Dr Haushcka are 100%

A classic offense is that Walmart jumped on the 'noveau green politics' by announcing they were going to be carryiing "organic food" in their superstores & at a Lower pri$e! then the usual crap food they sell to promote "^green awareness^" (I guess them assuming that their average buyer is Not aware) Anyway last week to much less fanfare they are being Investigated for selling regular grown foods in "organic" labelled packaging (among their many alleged broken laws).....

I believe "not tested on animals" means no concious money put into animal testing. True concious herbal products use traditional knowledge or direct testing on plants &/or humans to say that. Other companies are using public domain historical lab knowledge & no further testing has been pursued. Many feel (& this was 10 years ago) that enough info has been compiled & nothing new is needed to subject animals to torture testing for the salvation of humans.

Some countries have much stricter labelling laws. Unfortunately the companies can sell here what they can't sell in their own country; akin to other countries can use toxins we can't & can sell the products back to us with the toxin outlawed here. We still produce chemicals that are sold to other countries that then sell us the food or cosmetics....

I posted the information below on the Makeup and Hair for Dancers Tribe and my blog but also want to add that if you use hand sanitizers,the alcohol content has to be over 60% percent or I read that the product will NOT destroy all the nasties frolicking upon thy paws.

I was alerted to the dangers of Triclosan to the immune system in the Sunday Chicago Tribune newspaper. Upon further investigation I also found out that water treatment facilities can NOT remove this chemical from our water so it's harmful to the environment too! Triclosan/Microban/Irgasan is a chemical or antimicrobial contained in some "natural" deodorants, cosmetics, soaps and other household products so would you really want to put this stuff in, on or near your body???

If you're interested in more info, there is an article, including a listing of product names that contain triclosan:

www.beyondpesticides.org/pesti...ed.pdf

Save your bodies!
and
Help save the planet, it's the only one with chocolate! =O)
Caerann

Gina- check out Maggies Soap Nuts- if you buy the huge bag, not too expensive- washes so clean- love it! that and charlies soap (actually a detergent, but that's the name anyway)
both super friendly both for the earth & for sensitive skin
I skip the toothpaste & use baking soda and an occasional rinse with hydrogen peroxide- haven't had a cavity in YEARS & I used to all the time

anyone in AZ should have voted YES on 204 w/regard to the Humane Farming aspect.
i hope ya'll did.

Most of the lamb we eat isn't strictly a baby animal though. Lamb by definition is a year old or under, but generally it's considered more economical in the US and UK to not kill and eat the very young lambs as they don't provide a lot of meat, so they tend to be at the older end of the scale. Veal hwoever is very young and I don't see the point when Beef is so nice!