Comments on: Please Stop Using Parbens. I Like You.

By: getting off the bottle « notes of a twenty-something

getting off the bottle « notes of a twenty-something — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:44:16 +0000

[…] you to icky toxins, like the paraben family (good info from Allie’s (Green) Answers here and here). So in an effort to reduce my plastic waste and toxin-absorption, I’ve cut them out of my […]

By: Allie

Allie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:36:58 +0000

Cool! Any favorites I should check out? I’m always looking for new evil free products to try.

By: kir

kir — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:07:59 +0000

I spent a lot of time during my move this past weekend checking out all of my products to ensure they’re evil-free. so far so good!

By: Allie

Allie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:54:21 +0000

Yeah, it’s pretty creepy, isn’t it?

I’ve read that ingesting parbens isn’t as big of an issue as rubbing them on your body. When you ingest them, your body metabolizes them, supposedly, but when they absorb through your skin, they don’t change. Something like that. But I think avoiding them completely is probably the way to go.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:43:30 +0000

I was SHOCKED to find out that parabens are also used as food additives! As if slathering them on your body were not bad enough, you can directly ingest them. The worst part is that parabens are found in most of the generic/store brand ibuprofen and acetaminophen products for INFANTS and CHILDREN–check it out next time you are at the store, you will be absolutely shocked.

By: mickey

mickey — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:37:02 +0000

Yikes, indeed.