Comments on: Calling It a Wash http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/29/calling-it-a-wash/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:28:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: The Worsted Witch » Maybe Baby http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/29/calling-it-a-wash/#comment-542 The Worsted Witch » Maybe Baby Wed, 10 May 2006 04:18:11 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=200#comment-542 [...] 3. Phase out your use of household chemicals, antibacterial disinfectants, and synthetic pesticides. According to various studies, exposure to household pesticides is associated with an elevated risk of childhood leukemia and childhood brain cancer. [...] [...] 3. Phase out your use of household chemicals, antibacterial disinfectants, and synthetic pesticides. According to various studies, exposure to household pesticides is associated with an elevated risk of childhood leukemia and childhood brain cancer. [...]

]]> By: Jasmin http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/29/calling-it-a-wash/#comment-445 Jasmin Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:03:15 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=200#comment-445 (Reposting from my response e-mail, in the interest of full disclosure of my own former ignorance.) Yes, definitely. I mean, I have a degree in biology but I didn't even <em>think</em> about the impact of antibacterial chemicals until I was doing research about my dish sponges in February! (I think my thought process usually went, "Ooh, kills germs. RAWK!") This is definitely a subject that doesn't get too much play in the mainstream media. So I still have an inch of Dial liquid soap in my bathroom, but the bottle will be tossed into recycling in exchange for a regular bar of soap when we're done. (Reposting from my response e-mail, in the interest of full disclosure of my own former ignorance.)

Yes, definitely. I mean, I have a degree in biology but I didn’t even think about the impact of antibacterial chemicals until I was doing research about my dish sponges in February! (I think my thought process usually went, “Ooh, kills germs. RAWK!”) This is definitely a subject that doesn’t get too much play in the mainstream media.

So I still have an inch of Dial liquid soap in my bathroom, but the bottle will be tossed into recycling in exchange for a regular bar of soap when we’re done.

]]> By: Liz http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/29/calling-it-a-wash/#comment-444 Liz Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:27:47 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=200#comment-444 I think most people are unaware how unnecessary anti-bacterial hand soaps really are. A lot of bacteria are "good bugs" that outnumber the bad. Anti-bacterials kill EVERYTHING, good and bad alike, leaving us more vulnerable to the bad guys who can become resistant. Give me that good old bar of handmade soap anyday! I think most people are unaware how unnecessary anti-bacterial hand soaps really are. A lot of bacteria are “good bugs” that outnumber the bad. Anti-bacterials kill EVERYTHING, good and bad alike, leaving us more vulnerable to the bad guys who can become resistant. Give me that good old bar of handmade soap anyday!

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