It’s time to come clean, says Pat Thomas – anti-dandruff shampoos are nothing but advertising puff and chemicals
Behind the Label: Head and Shoulders classic clean Pat Thomas | 1st July 2008 Ethical Living Chemicals Anti-dandruff Shampoo Head And Shoulders Allergies Bodycare Health BTL_4.jpg It’s time to come …
The huge popularity of antibacterial household cleaners is encouraging superbugs,
allergies, immune-system failure and dangerous environmental pollution. It’s time to
stop cleaning ourselves to death.
… 2005 News MRSA Household Products Hygiene Cleaning Products Handwash Mouthwash … environmental pollution. It’s time to stop cleaning ourselves to death. Superbugs don’t … between caMRSA and the use of antibacterial cleaning solutions. When investigators there …
Do you like to freshen up your house with a good squirt of air freshener or get your elbow behind some spray polish? Beware, that waft of scent can mask a multitude of harmful ingredients.
… are driven by what marketeers call “home cleaning replacement”. Timestrapped, people …
Despite the best efforts of the industry to rebrand and clean up incineration, the fact remains that today's incinerators still permit pollution.
… filters are also considered toxic waste. The cleaning and scrubbing substances are highly … need to be disposed of carefully. The ash and cleaning substances generated by incinerators …
Faced with an itchy young head full of nits, it's all too easy to reach for a bottle of potent chemicals. But is smothering your child's hair in pesticides really the best solution?
… and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them. …
Christmas dinner means only one thing for millions of us: turkey. But the intensively reared and genetically manipulated birds that most will consume this holiday season leave a nasty taste in the mouth
Behind the Label: Christmas turkey Pat Thomas | 16th December 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Behind The Label Christmas Turkey Factory Farm Vegetarian Meat Food And Drink Slaughter Genetic Organic …
A little mouthwash to make your tongue and gums feel fresh and clean? Beware, you may be swilling a mouthful of chemicals that will give you more to worry about than bad breath. Pat Thomas reports
Behind the label: Listerine teeth and gum defence Pat Thomas | 13th January 2009 Ethical Living Behind The Label Health Mouthwash Listerine Supplements Bodycare Health Listerine_MAIN.jpg A little …
No one should have to choose between looking good and being healthy, which is why each month we will be taking a critical look at the active ingredients in personal care products and asking why manufacturers continue to choose toxic ones over safer alternatives.
… are another case in point. Foam adds no cleaning ability. However, manufacturers …
The powerful antibacterial nanosilver can now be found in everything from air fresheners and food packaging to babies' bottles and bandages. But has anyone looked at the risks?
Thinking of brightening up your house for spring? Think again, there’s a lot more to paint than meets the eye. Pat Thomas reports
Behind the label: Interior paints Pat Thomas | 1st February 2006 Ethical Living Household Paints Paint Paints Health Risk Cancer Allergies Plastics Green Living Health PAINT_FEB06_MAIN.jpg Thinking …
Your recycled loo paper may be soft, strong and very, very long, but is it really all that green? Pat Thomas gets to the bottom of an issue of convenience
Behind the label: Recycled Toilet Tissue Pat Thomas | 22nd May 2008 Ethical Living Loo Roll Recycled Paper FSA Greenwash Recycling Bodycare Green Living loorollmain.jpg Your recycled loo paper may be …
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a hefty warning to the cosmetics industry - clean up your act or else. The question is: will the agency follow through?
Purely cosmetic changes? Pat Thomas | 1st June 2005 News Cosmetics Risk Health The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a hefty warning to the cosmetics industry - clean up your act or else. …
Trees in cities make us feel happier and more relaxed, writes Pat Thomas, but that's only the beginning of the benefits they confer. They also reduce air pollution, levels of asthma and other respiratory problems, and lower healthcare costs by $7 billion in the US alone.
Hug a tree, save your life Pat Thomas | 9th August 2014 Comment Health USA Science Forests tree-hugger-cut.jpg Trees in cities make us feel happier and more relaxed, writes Pat Thomas, but that's …
An exciting new project has been launched to give children a chance to join in the GMO debate, writes Pat Thomas. With young people speaking up and becoming more aware of food, health and environmental issues, they deserve the platform to voice their concerns and join in a wider global network of youth working for positive change in the world they will inherit.
Opening up the debate on GMOs to the voices of the future Pat Thomas | 13th April 2016 Activism GMOs UK USA Canada Society ofof-moodboard-cut.jpg An exciting new project has been launched to give …
Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has added substantial fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists and consumer groups who allege that this artificial sweetener should never have been released onto the market and that allowing it to remain in the food chain is killing us by degrees.
Aspartame Pat Thomas | 30th August 2005 News Aspartame Food And Farming Health investigates.jpg Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to …
What's the real price of your bouquet? Pat Thomas dishes the dirt on cut flower production in less-industrialised countries
Behind the Label: cut flowers Pat Thomas | 18th August 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Behind The Label Cut Flowers Kenya Hilary Benn Lake Naivasha Columbia Ethical Consumerism cutflowersbtl.jpg …
It’s easy to feel so overwhelmed by the problems facing our planet that we turn away to whatever will cheer us. Pat Thomas shows us the pattern of climate change denial
… with the problem. ‘I’ll do something about cleaning up my CO ² emissions, when the …
Humans have been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. Pat Thomas investigates
… and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them. Women do not fail to …
The bird is now bones, the gravy glue, the roast veggies are on their way to becoming a source of winter fuel and as soon as everyone’s dinner has gone down a bit, it will be time to do the washing-up. If you are one of the 64 per cent of households in the UK that doesn’t own a dishwasher, chances are there will be a trusty bottle of Fairy Liquid by the sink to get the job of washing-up done.
… and respiratory tract. Among the tonnes of cleaning products we pour down the drain each …
A new scientific study has found that laboratory rats used in health and toxicity studies are routinely given feeds contaminated with herbicides, pesticides and GMOs, writes Pat Thomas, potentially invalidating the results of crucial safety tests on GMOs, agrochemicals, medical drugs and other substances, on which health and environmental regulators base critical decisions.
Lab rats used in safety studies eat feeds laced with pesticides, herbicides and GMOs Pat Thomas | 9th July 2015 News Science GMOs Toxics Regulation lab-rat-cut.jpg A new scientific study has found …
While nothing says holistic living like a nice candle, that warm glow may be hiding a toxic secret, warns Pat Thomas
Behind the label: Candles Pat Thomas | 6th June 2008 Ethical Living Health Perfume Fashion Green Lifestyle Green Living Health candlelg.jpg While nothing says holistic living like a nice candle, that …
Love doesn’t have to be a dirty business – unless, of course... This Valentine’s Day Pat Thomas makes a heartfelt plea for a little non-toxic lovin’
Behind the label: Tainted love Pat Thomas | 7th February 2009 Ethical Living Behind The Label Valentines Sex Makeup Perfume Condoms Bodycare Green Living Health btl.jpg Love doesn’t have to be a …
The human species has been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies the highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’.
Suck On This Pat Thomas | 1st April 2006 News Breastfeeding Breast Feeding Children Parents Health Babies Milk Children Green Living Health investigates.jpg The human species has been breastfeeding …