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just heard a report on NPR about anti-bacterial soaps possibly being unsafe/having hidden health consequences. Between that, BPA, cigarettes, etc, i really feel like the FDA & Surgeon General should be ashamed. They are a huge bloated beurocracy supported by our tax dollars and they have one job (that i know of) and that is to approve safe consumer products. I'm pissed.
13 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]right, agreed. i'm not actually so afraid, i'm just pissed that they don't question all these chemicals before they go into the products. i'm a pretty educated and health-food-store shopping type, but a lot of people aren't and the govt. should be on top of this stuff
[ Reply | Options ]the FDA doesn't have jurisdiction over all fo these products, and sure doens't have the funding to test everything.
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this is old news. its the same problem as over prescribing abx. the FDA can't ban them, they aren't dangerous.
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ok, so they can't ban without proof and i understand. but there needs to be a better system of warning about 'possible' problems then, cause seems like the possible problems almost always get proven to be real problems after 10 years of study. global warming being a good example of that, plastics/bpa another. ARGH
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So don't buy them. Seriously. Get natural foods and household products. Do the best you can and try not to sweat the small stuff. BTW, regular soap is very effective at killing bacteria: The fats in soap literally explode the cell walls of bacteria/germs, thus killing them. Antibacterial soap is a waste.
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UrbanBaby Asks...
When I ride in a taxi cab with my DC I:
- Use a carseat
- Buckle him/her in his/her own seat
- Hold him/her on my lap
- I'd never ride in a taxi with my DC, it's much too dangerous!
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