You have to follow this link and read the cartoon. It’s really a matter of point of view what smells bad…
Well, now. Sorry about that. This was a link to a cartoon, but apparently they only keep them up for 30 day. 
You are currently browsing the archives for March 2008
Humor
Flamingo
May You Never Need This
But, should you ever find yourself having to resign because your employer fails to accommodate your MCS, here is an EXCELLENT example of a letter of resignation:
Crystal Ring
Not So Dry Dry Cleaning
There’s a new cleaner in San Antonio. You can’t really call them a “dry cleaner” because their process isn’t dry. But, they do the job normally done by dry cleaners. But without using the typical perchloroethylene dry cleaning solvents.
I went in there recently with my husband and the smell was marvelous – mostly because there really wasn’t much of a smell to the place. No solvents. No perfumes used to cover the solvent smell. AND, their prices are comparable to dry cleaners, so you don’t have to pay extra to be healthier!
If you live in the San Antonio area, you might want to check them out here: Clothesline Cleaners. Tell them where you heard it because I want one of their t-shirts! Or check in your area because they seem to be popping up all over.
Bird At The Zoo
Whole Foods Rocks!
At first I wasn’t so fond of Whole Foods. Mainly because their prices are high. But that’s a fact of buying organic and buying the lesser known brands. When I first learned to really like them was when I learned that they don’t carry anything containing MSG or nitrates. That’s actually a very small subset of the items they don’t allow, but those 2 are important to me because they trigger migraines in me. Finally I had a place that I could buy soups and salad dressings and lunch meats and bacon and the occasional pepperoni without worry.
I also now use them for a lot of other products – especially cleaning and personal care products.
This past weekend I was there looking for my shampoo. I’ve used Earth Sciences for years. They make a fragrance free one that truly has no added fragrance of any kind.
Couldn’t find it. I typically forget that name and just look for the bottle. While looking, I found a “365 Everyday Value” Shampoo that is fragrance free. “365 Everyday Value” is Whole Foods own brand and tends to be a lot cheaper. A Whole Foods employee came up to me to see if she could help me. I told her what I had been looking for. She asked me what the bottle looked like. Then she showed me where that shampoo was. They had totally changed their packaging. Instead of a green rectangular bottle, it was now in a white tear shaped bottled.
But by then I was more interested in the Whole Foods brand. She said they make shampoos, conditioners, body lotions and shower gels. They come in scented varieties, but also in truly fragrance free varieties. The label says they are specially formulated with 100% natural, biodegradable ingredients; free of parabens, animal ingredients, artificial fragrance and unnecessary chemicals. And they are not tested on animals.
The Whole Foods brand items are reasonably priced. In fact, I wound up saving a TON of money:
The Earth Sciences I used to by (the green bottle) was $5.99 for 17 oz. OR $ .35 per ounce.
Their new, improved bottle is only 12 oz and cost $6.49 OR a whopping $ .54 per ounce.
The shampoo I bought was 32 oz. for $4.99 == $ .1559 per ounce!
So, Earth Sciences new label resulted in lost sales for them.
Now, if only Whole Foods would start carrying items with reduced sodium…
What Not To Buy
I ran across this blog post recently that talks about 8 Ways To Deal With Toxic Chemicals In Beauty Products.
She has summarized some useful tips. The one I found most interesting is the What Not To Buy list. It’s part of the Cosmetics Safety Database put out by the Environmental Working Group. You may want to check the list for the products you use or are considering.