Archive for March, 2008

Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm by admin

Talc–the dangers

25-Mar-2008 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under fire from the Cancer Prevention Coalition for failing to react to evidence of the dangers of talcum powder.

Chicago-based Cancer Prevention Coalition claims that regular use of cosmetic grade talcum powder around the genitals increases the risk of contracting ovarian cancer.

Petition to the FDA

The campaigning organization called for the introduction of cancer warnings in 1994 when it submitted a citizen petition to the FDA.

Noting evidence from 15 papers in scientific journals, the petition concluded that ovarian cancer and talcum powder use were linked and that explicit warnings should be placed on product labels.

The petition was endorsed by Senator Edward Kennedy and various medical groups such as the Ovarian Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Foundation.

Rejection

However, the US trade association, the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), rejected the petition.

In addition, the Cancer Prevention Coalition said yesterday that over 10 years after the petition was drawn up, the FDA has still not taken any action to warn consumers of the potential dangers of talcum powder,

“This is all the more inexcusable since cosmetic grade starch powder is a readily available safe alternative,” said the Cancer Prevention Coalistion’s chairman Samual S. Epstein.

While use of talcum powder is on the decline in mature markets Epstein said Johnson & Johnson continues to manufacture talc and sell it through mass-market retailers.

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Posted in: Johnson and Johnson, talc, talcum powder

Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 3:19 pm by admin

Anne Hathaway Thank You Speech

Anne Hathaway was recently presented an award from the HRC. She gave a touching speech that is about being a good person and a decent human being. Please watch…and Happy Easter!

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Posted in: HRC, anne hathaway, human rights campaign

Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm by admin

Russia Requires Animal Testing

In Russia, testing cosmetics on animals has been legal since Soviet times. Alternative methods are being developed all the time, but scientists say they are not yet advanced enough to completely replace the use of animals.

In 2003 the EU agreed to adopt a decree banning all testing on animals, as well as almost all tested products. Until 2010 testing is still allowed if good alternative methods can’t be found. After that the ban will come into force.

However, in Russia animals are required by law in cosmetics testing facilities.

“We also support the idea of eliminating animals from experiments. But at present, the law dictates that we analyse cosmetic and perfume products using animals,” explained Ekaterina Skvortsova, an experimental toxicology expert.

Material and cell cultures, computer models, even cattle sperm cells are all possible replacements. However, for Russia’s growing number of animal rights activists, this is little consolation.

“Tests on animals are not only inhumane, they are also useless and dangerous because cosmetics that have successfully passed through animal tests could turn out to be very harmful to humans,” claimed Inessa Samkova, animal rights activist.

see the video here

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Posted in: PETA, cosmetic testing, testing on animals

Friday March 21st, 2008 at 2:33 pm by admin

kimberly Sayer

Beauty Goes Green

Safe Moisturizing

The Ultra Light Facial Moisturizer by Kimberly Sayer, daughter of organic farmers and a British aesthetician-turned entrepreneur, is suitable for oily and acne-prone skin. The lightweight formula and its natural ingredients won’t clog your pores. Even better, its formula includes a sunblock (with SPF 25) derived from minerals Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide that won’t irritate sensitive skin.

$32 at www.kimberlysayer.com and select retailers nationwide

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Friday March 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm by admin

Redefine yourself

Redefine Yourself Today

Adapted from The Third Jesus, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2008).

The best way to prepare yourself to encounter spirit is to learn to be willing to redefine yourself every day.

SIMPLE SOLUTION: Write down the most basic labels that apply to you: Name, age, gender, education level and occupation. Taking one at a time, consider how each label defines you.
For example: Your name specifies the identity of a person with a certain family background. It locates you in time and space, isolates you from others and it becomes part of your self-image. You are attached, to varying degrees, to all these threads of identity.

Now, consider whether these connections must apply. Do you feel a need to conform to family traditions and expectations? Is it important to you that your name earns recognition? As you ask some basic questions, you can begin to free yourself from the threads of attachment that keep you from being “born from above.”

Now you can take steps to redefine yourself. If you spot yourself thinking in a certain way because it is appropriate to your age, education level, gender or social status, ask yourself if there are other ways to think. If you open yourself, you will be amazed at how thoroughly you have been defined by rigid beliefs and outdated conditioning. These external influences aren’t the real you, and until you go through the process of detaching yourself from old definitions, you cannot confront the unknown.

Everything new that comes your way winds up passing through a filtering process until it fits your likes and dislikes, social status, income, education level and so on.

Spiritual experience is unfiltered; it comes directly and spontaneously.

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Posted in: Deepak Chora, Ego, Harmony Books, The Third Jesus