A test of 47 “natural” and “green” labeled soaps, shampoos and other consumer products show that they contain 1,4-dioxan, which has been shown to cause cancer in lab rats. [LAT]
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so? Is 1,4-dioxan natural? Does it decompose and not harm the environment?
Can’t imagine a lot of rats (lab or non-lab) getting into enough of this to cause cancer out in the wild anyway.
Didn’t we already go over this a few weeks ago?
What doesn’t give lab rats cancer?
Which 53 did not have 1,4 whatever?
@smitty1123: Reading Consumerist.
yes, but will it smooth my crow’s feet?
@homerjay: Yes.
Green just means good for the environment. Less humans is good for the environment.
Woohoo, glad I buy the cheap stuff full of gum acacia and words I can’t pronounce.
What a dilemma. whether to have squeaky clean fresh smelling cancer-laden rats or healthy dirty stinky ones….Hmmmm.
I’d like to see how these compare to regular non-green or non-natural products.
it’s dioxane. Just because it sounds “chemically” doesn’t mean it’s bad.
Oil is natural and organic, so what’s the issue?