Re: Preservative overkill

[Guest guest]

> Maurice

>

> My bar soap gets moisture on it but I do not add a preservative

to

> soap.

>

> And as far as adding a preservative to the chap stick, many people

> can not use it because it causes blisters to their lips due to the

> preservative used.

>

> I am sure you are aware of the fact that the FDA is looking into

the

> problems caused by preservatives in cosmetic and soap products and

> that anit-bacterial products are not that effective.

>

> Synthetic preservatives is, in fact, a NEW areana and the effects

> over long term use have not been well documented as yet. I won't

bore

> you all with pages of data, it is available on the internet.

>

> Our bodies have many bacteria, especially in the mouth and

intestinal

> tract, but that does not mean they should be removed, they are

there

> for the purpose of destroying the so-called " bad " bacteria that

> enters our body daily. Without this natural bacteria in our bodies

we

> would surcome to virus and disease and die.

>

> I do not want to debate, nor will I debate, this with you, but

only

> to state another point of view, about adding synthetic

preservatives,

> when it is not entirely necessary, because there are SO many

people

> allergic to synthetic preservatives, and sometimes, they cause a

lot

> more problems than they prevent. Case in point: lipbalms, anti-

> bacterial liquid soap.

>

> I for one, would like to hear from others [the 1000 +] members on

> this list who seldome or never post, rather than just our resident

> chemist who seems to be the only one answering questions on this

> group. I am sure there are others who have ideas and references

to

> share with this group.

>

> Sherry

I personally come here to learn. I respect the chemists on this

board. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law are both chemists, and

they are experts in their field of chemistry, as are the chemists on

this board. I really don't want to challenge these people with

criticism and confrontation as they do what they do not as a hobby,

but as a profession, and actually do have more access to reliable

information than any of the rest of us do. In my thinking, you do

what you believe to be best with your products and we will do what

we discern to be best with the information available to us with our

products, but I would suggest that you have good insurance. And

remember, the experts which we have free access to, and who promptly

answer our questions with the research to back it up do this for

FREE. It might be interesting to find out how much a lot of this

information would cost us to obtain without this list. The purpose

of THIS list as I understand it is to be able to ask questions and

get EDUCATED answers, if someone wants to debate what they THINK is

best, they should go to a list that offers such.

May your holidays be Blessed ones,

Patti now in Pa