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If I say words like triclosan, triclocarban and triethanolamine [TEA or TEOA] are you familiar with them? Have you heard of them before? Do you know what they do?
Ttriclosan, triclocarban and triethanolamine are ingredients you'll find in antibacterial products that claim to kill 99% of germs. They are in germ killing liquid soaps, hand sanitizer lotions and the like. Go NOW and check your germ killing products to see if these ingredients are in them!
Aside from being harmful / hazardous chemicals to begin with... these, and other, germ killing agents annihilate your bodies own defense mechanisms.
Each person has their own germ killing agents all over their body and particularly on their hands. What your own natural germ killing agents do is stop things like flu and cold germs (and other viruses) invading your body. They fight invisible battles on your behalf to stop you getting sick. It is the same for your children, babies, husband, wife, mother, son... everyone!
When you use products that kill 99% of germs you are also killing off your bodies own natural defense mechanism (your minature knights in shining armour if you will) which leaves you and your family OPEN to virus invasion. You are more likely to get sick if you use products that kill 99% of germs than you are if you use plain soap and water and allow your body to build up it's own defense mechanisms.
You are unprotected when you kill off 99% of germs ~ image by JOLI
This is where the super-bug stems from. Man has created so many germ killing agents that germs are continually mutating to avoid being killed off. Germs are very adaptable like that. They want to live as so they change and alter themselves so they can live through doses of 99% germ killing agents. The thing is: Your own natural germs die once they come in contact with these ingredients! Leaving you defenseless against the onslaught of germs.
KEEP this in mind when reaching for the Detol, Pine O Cleen, Hand Sanitizer, Palmolive Antibacterial Defence Liquid, other antibacterial hand washes, germ killing wipes and ALL THOSE other products that claim to "Kill 99% of germs".
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Usually I don't write a lot about cancer even though it is one of the main reasons behind the creation of JOLI Natural Skin Care (avoiding carcinogenic ingredients). However, three people I know have recently had surgery to remove basal-cell carcinoma (skin cancer).
This got me wondering what is basal-cell carcinoma [BCC]?
Basal-cell carcinoma is one of the most common forms of cancer and most often occurs in fair skinned people with a family history of this type of cancer. Scary for me since both my Aunt and my mum (sisters with fair skin and freckles), have had BCC's removed.
Most experts attribute sun exposure and/or getting sun burnt to be one of the main causes of skin cancer and believe prevention is the best cure. That is: no getting burnt, no spending excess time exposing your skin to the sun and using SPF sun creams [slip, slop, slap].
I, personally tend to be wary of the use of sunscreens since many contain carcinogenic ingredients and nano technology to help those ingredients get deeper into our blood stream. I feel like I'm damned if I do damned if I don't. And what do I do with my children? Use sun block on them and risk them getting cancer or don't use it and risk them getting basal-cell carcinoma? Urgh!
Note some interesting Skin Cancer Facts:
* 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer during their life time.
* 2-4% of Asians will develop skin cancer.
* 1-2% African Americans will develop skin cancer (note the darker the skin the less likelihood of developing skin cancer)
* While Asians and African's do not develop skin cancer as often as fair skinned people their cancer is more likely to result in death. [This probably has a lot to do with their health care (or lack thereof) in general.]
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Have you or someone you know experienced basal-cell carcinoma? Was fair skin a factor? Was sun worship a factor? Was applying sun cream or lack thereof a factor?
