The impact of the beauty business on the planet.
I am a big fan of being green. I’d love to see a lot more progress in that direction in the cosmetics industry and I am very happy to report on a company that according to a report in the trade journal Happi, is doing just that. Toms of Maine have just issued a report …
EDTA turns up near the bottom of the ingredient lists of lots of different personal care products. You also see disodium EDTA and tetrasodium EDTA. For all intents and purposes these are the same – they are just different ways of delivering the same thing.
Endocrine Disruptors – What Are They? Endocrine disruptors are a bit of a tough subject, so before starting this post I went for a walk to think it over. After a disappointing summer the god responsible for the weather had given us the consolation prize of some balmy warm days in late August. It was …
Endocrine Disruptors – Should we worry about D4 and D5 Read More »
Are organic products as popular as we are led to believe? They may well not be.
Is organic food better for you? Maybe, but there is no actual evidence. But at least we know what organic food is. Grow a crop without pesticides or fertilisers and you can call it organic. You can give a farmer a certificate to prove his food is organic if you have monitored what he …
Researching stuff on the internet may be highly misleading.
I have looked at the benefits of organic skincare to you as a consumer in the first two posts in this series. I concluded that the risk posed from pesticides in conventional products was zero for ones that didn’t contain natural ingredients. And as we don’t eat through our skins, there is no advantage from …
Should you use Organic Skincare part 3- The Environment Read More »
One of the reasons given for eating organic food rather than conventional food is that it is richer in nutrients. This is possible. The way a plant is grown or the way an animal is kept is going to have an effect on how it turns out, and this could affect how valuable it is …
Should you use Organic Skincare part 2- Nutrients Read More »
The emperor Diocletian did something that very very few rulers in history have ever done. After a long and successful reign he handed over to someone else and retired. He set up a palace and set about growing vegetables. Politics being what it is, before long there was a crisis and someone was sent to …
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There is a roaring trade in hot dogs from street sellers in Oxford Street. Who doesn’t love a hot sausage and onions? The cheery vendors rarely have a good grasp of English, but there is nothing wrong with their grasp of economics. The London police often have to cope with violence between rival hot dog …
