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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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 Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 08:26:25 AM
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PUT ORGANIC BACK INTO "ORGANIC" & NATURAL BACK INTO "NATURAL"
From the Organic Consumer Association:
"In response to the Organic Consumer Association's recent alert regarding our discovery of the carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane contaminating a wide variety of leading personal care products misleadingly labeled as "organic" or "natural", many of our readers have contacted us wondering how they can best contact these companies to express their frustrations (read more about the study and see a complete list of products here). Literally, tens of thousands of consumers have purchased expensive products from offending companies, thinking they were paying extra for a product that was truly natural and safe for their families, whose cleansing and moisturizing ingredients were made from certified organic, not conventional or petrochemical, material . As indicated in the previous issue of Organic Bytes, the OCA has issued Cease and Desist letters to not only the companies who tested positive for Dioxane with misleading organic brand claims, but also brands with organic brand claims that may have tested clean, but regardless use petrochemical compounds and/or no organic material in major cleansing and moisturizing ingredients. We would like to invite our readers to write a brief letter to these companies whose products you may have used, expressing your concerns,to help develop evidence in a lawsuit that will be filed on Earth Day if companies do not commit to cleaning up or dropping their organic claims. OCA requests that you include your address, and TAKE ACTION HERE, where you can read the slightly longer letter specifying which companies are at issue and why: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_11457.cfm"
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Libbie
outstepping
157 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 09:20:28 AM
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That stuff is so scary. Don't you just wish we could TRUST companies to say what is real? In my humble opinion, it's just one more reason to move toward home-grown, home-made and local lifestyles. I'm about to "click" and see what companies are involved. Hopefully none of that stuff made it onto my shelves!
XOXO, Libbie
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PUT ORGANIC BACK INTO "ORGANIC"
