http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/03/16/875/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/03/16/875/comment-page-1/#comment-34519 The Worsted Witch » Fight Grime, Twist and Shout Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:40:25 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/03/16/875/#comment-34519 [...] Like the rest of Twist’s line, its Loofah Sponges are packed in très chic paperboard boxes that the company says are “earth friendly and recyclable.” (It doesn’t mention if its packaging is made from recycled paper with any kind of post-consumer content, however, which in PR-speak usually means they’re not.) Another quibble: The antibacterial agent Twist adds to its sponges and cloths (Barquat CB 50). Here’s where things get hairy—synthetic antibacterial disinfectants are not only classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as pesticides (which have been strongly linked to the development of Parkinson’s), they could also be encouraging drug-resistant superbacteria, allergies, immune-system failure, and dangerous environmental pollution. [...] [...] Like the rest of Twist’s line, its Loofah Sponges are packed in très chic paperboard boxes that the company says are “earth friendly and recyclable.” (It doesn’t mention if its packaging is made from recycled paper with any kind of post-consumer content, however, which in PR-speak usually means they’re not.) Another quibble: The antibacterial agent Twist adds to its sponges and cloths (Barquat CB 50). Here’s where things get hairy—synthetic antibacterial disinfectants are not only classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as pesticides (which have been strongly linked to the development of Parkinson’s), they could also be encouraging drug-resistant superbacteria, allergies, immune-system failure, and dangerous environmental pollution. [...]

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