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Jason Naturals
jason-natural.elsstore.com
Description: Provides pure, natural, organic skin, hair and bodycare products.
Category:
Skin & Body Care
Keywords:
natural products, shampoo, conditioner, hair care, monsanto, phillip morris, oral care, hain celestrial
Address:
4600 Sleepytime Dr. map
Boulder, CO
80301
Reviews of Jason Naturals
Evil stuff in shampoo? Surprised?
Perhaps your surprise stems from the fact that these products are billed as organic & natural. See the full list of products here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/DioxaneResults08.cfm
It makes me wonder about other Jason products -- I use a detangler/leave in conditioner and am now wondering if I should dispose of it and switch to white vinegar!
This type of news always begs the question -- how does one dispose of these types of products? Flushing them down the toilet (carcinogens?) would be bad.
Jenn A.'s keywords: jason products
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ON the News
Organic/Natural: Here's another report that collaborates what you wrote Stephanie: Exclusive Interview with Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association, on 1,4-Dioxane Contamination of Organic Products: http://www.naturalnews.com/022862.html, also here's the link to two podcasts: http://www.naturalnews.com/Index-Podcasts.html.
Many other company's products have been tested and found to have the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-Dioxane and claiming to be organic or natural such as Burt's Bees, Desert Essence, and Dr. Hauschka....Thanks for bringing this very important subject to our attention!
A while back, I wrote a review on Sustainlane of the The Safe Shopper's Bible, and recommend it as a valuable resource for conscientious consumers to review before heading out to make purchases, especially for hair, skin and body care that can be laced with hidden chemicals.
Cris B.'s keywords: organic, natural, contaminates, chemicals, cosmetics, toxins, hair care, skin care
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The organic label is meaningless...
...if there are toxins in the organic products we use or eat. A recent article (see this link: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-natural14mar14,0,1670638.story?track=rss) on the Organic Consumer Association's tests of several popular 'green' products reveals that they have a known carcinogen, 1,4-dioxane. Almost 50% of the soaps tested positive for this byproduct of the manufacturing process. I have used some of these brands and this is very alarming, however I've read responses to this story, where many think the USDA Organic label is the only way to be sure our products are safe. This label is only as good as our government, which has cut deals, allowed exemptions and basically watered down the validity of this label. Read more about it here: (http://www.9starki.com/usda.htm). I don't think we should take any of this for granted. As consumers we should take charge and research the companies we are supporting. It's gets more interesting when you realize which corporations own the smaller organic labels, here is a chart (http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/features/009/009buyingorganic.html). But I digress, the good news is that several popular labels passed this dioxane test, bravo to them! And last but not least, this reminds me of Dr. Bronner's soaps which are the 'real' soaps and not detergents. Maybe if these companies only sold real soap and not detergent we wouldn't have any dioxane to worry about.
PS- if you check the cosmetic safety database Jason's soaps all get a 5 - I now try to buy only 0-1's if I can find them, the least toxic of all.
Stephanie P.'s keywords: soap, organic, organic label, USDA, toxin, chemical, test, dioxane, detergent
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