Diethylene glycol "which is used to keep glue and cosmetics moist" is being blamed for 34 deaths in Panama. It has contaminated over-the-counter medications like cough syrup and antihistamine tablets and skin remedies, like calamine lotion and rash ointments.
Diethylene glycol is one of many harmful ingredients that are commonly used in products we consume or put on our skin. The industry typically has downplayed the adverse effects of these types of ingredients, saying there is no cause for concern, or that they're used in such small quantities that they're safe.
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of ingredients that are being used in our foods and personal care products that should not be used. There IS cause for concern. The industry's not going to take them out, because they deny that they're harmful. That is, unless, consumers stop buying products containing the unsafe ingredients.
If you don't know what's harmful and what's safe, you can find out in Food Additives: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not. With that information, you'll be armed to read labels and know which ingredients should and should not be in the foods and healthcare products you consume.
You vote with your dollars. When enough people stop using the products with the harmful ingredients, the industry will have to change and start producing products with safe and healthy ingredients. But as long as you continue to buy the products with the questionable and harmful ingredients, they'll continue to make them.
If you haven't started reading labels and checking to see if the ingredients are safe or not, now is the time to do so! Your health and your family's health is at stake.
If you're not a chemist and you don't know what to look for, all the information you need to decipher the chemical gobbledy-gook on the ingredients label is the the book, Food Additives: A Shopper's Guide... Food Additives also has a sibling for deciphering personal care product and cosmetic labels, Dying To Look Good.
Now is the time to take charge of your health. These two books make it really easy to get started.
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