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fifasy
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30 Aug 2017, 11:53 am

Most of us today are more monster than human. Let me explain.

How often do you use shaving foam? I have done every 3-4 days for years. Today I checked what is in the major brand I use.

Triethanomaline. It has been linked to damaging the respiratory and immune systems and causing cancer.

Or how about shampoo?

The one I have used for years has in it potassium sorbate which causes skin and organ system toxicity.

For more common harmful ingredients in shampoo see here: https://livelovefruit.com/12-toxic-ingr ... n-shampoo/

Most of us want clean hands too. We used to use soaps but more and more of us use liquid hand wash because advertising convinced us they're cleaner. A common ingredient among many dangerous ones is sodium lauryl sulfate which is neurotoxic, I. E. It fries your brain.

Now that I have been learning about all these dangers I understand why so many people are acting crazy all around me. They are sick. Their bodies and minds are being poisoned and they're developing kinds of mental illness we don't even have labels for yet because these kinds of odd processed chemicals being put in things (chemicals aren't all bad: processed is the key word) have only been used so much for a few decades.

It is like the corporations selling us things are the Dr Frankensteins and the people who buy the stuff are unwittingly becoming the Frankensteins monsters. Guinea pigs of mad scientists.



kraftiekortie
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30 Aug 2017, 7:54 pm

Yep....that's our consumer culture...in a nutshell.



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31 Aug 2017, 1:29 am

You should learn about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. It's deadly if inhaled and yet is used daily in schools. It can cause severe burns in its gaseous form, it's a major component in acid rain, and is also found in cancer cells.

But it's also a very good substance for cleaning, and I use it throughout the day. And if you still don't get it, google it.

Some things may be dangerous in certain quanities or forms but not if handled correctly. Some of these chemicals may be harmful if you were to drink a glassfull of them, but the amount that you absorb through washing your hands can easily be handled by the body's own systems for eliminating waste. I think we'll be OK.


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