Suck it up!

 First read this!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/science/earth/19clean.html?_r=1&hpw

I admit that when I think of how to get something really clean, I think of harsh chemicals scouring away all potential dirt and microscopic life forms...But I also associate these products with protective gloves and such because they give rashes.  I never really stopped to consider what it meant...

This semester I am taking a "Makeup for Motion Pictures" class (I'm going to have the best scary, gorey Halloween costume ever!). I'm not that into make up, but I do occasionally put some on...What I am really excited for is learning all the crazy alterations that one can use to distort and enhance features. In any case, when explaining about all the different kinds of make up, the thing that our professor stressed most to us was that you should never put anything on your face that, when put up to your nose or mouth, you find repulsive.  He explained that when makeups are strong smelling or distasteful (literally), it means that they have harsh chemicals that you probably don't want on your skin.

In fact, if you don't want them on your skin, you probably don't want to ingest them either...which means that you probably DON'T want phosphates in or around your plates/food, regardless of the environmental concern (which is completely valid and reasonable).  If you care so much about the appearence of your dishes that you are going to get terribly upset if they have water marks when they come out of the dishwasher, you need to suck it up.  If you really care that much, wash your dishes by HAND (of course only running the water when it is necessary)!

As the article points out, cleaning employees were made physically sick by the toxic chemicals found in most "cleaning" supplies.


That doesn't sound too healthy, now does it?