Pomade (and other cosmetics) Alert!

[Alon]

Someone pointed me to this site: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ which rates the hazards in cosmetics products. Worth taking a look.

I looked up American Crew pomade, my pomade of choice, and it scored pretty badly health wise.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Thanks, Alon....Murray's Pomade only scored moderately better than American Crew (3, as opposed to 5)...Royal Crown and American Greaser don't rate yet...Dax (4), Duke (5) and got2b (4-9) are not represented as very healthy, either....good thing I'm a Dapper Dan man....
Rob

 

[repeatclicks]

An interesting website, but not going to rile up too many feathers as we have seen by half a centurys worth of data on the dangers of smoking.... I just ordered a little jar of American Crew the other day to try it out too! Im tired of the greasy pillows.

 

[maggiethespy]

A friend of mine swears up and down that Murray's makes hair fall out, especially on women but also over time on men. I steer clear of that stuff.

 

[Guttersnipe]

A friend of mine swears up and down that Murray's makes hair fall out, especially on women but also over time on men. I steer clear of that stuff.

Ten years of using Murray's tells me that the chemical composition of Murray's doesn't make hair fallout, combing your hair when the wax is hardened will pull out hair, though. But that will happen with all heavyweight pomades.

 

[Geesie]

Everything under the sun contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer.
When they start publishing actual proven risk factors I'll start paying attention.

 

[scotrace]

The worst sort of shrill, alarmist, nanny, weenie squealing.

 

[univibe88]

Everything under the sun contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer.
When they start publishing actual proven risk factors I'll start paying attention.

Fortunately they only cause cancer if you are IN California. As long as you don't go there, you are just fine.

 

[HadleyH]

The worst sort of shrill, alarmist, nanny, weenie squealing.

I agree lol lol lol

Not a day goes by that one doesn't read articles saying that anything can kill you! ...and i mean anything, alcohol, teflon, coffee, the air that you breathe ...blah...blah....blah....blah.... and now hair pomade can kill you too :rage:

Can you imagine? - "So what killed him? oh! too much hair pomade!"[huh]

Silly beyond words!

 

[Geesie]

I really wish journalism schools would make their students take science classes so they could accurately report findings instead of having the sort of "scientists think x causes y!" nonsense we get.

 

[Geesie]

 

[Carlisle Blues]

The worst sort of shrill, alarmist, nanny, weenie squealing.

Not really, this clearly speaks to liability issues and duty to warn. This way the company has what is called an affirmative defense where the user was warned and the user "assumed the risk" inherent in the product. :icon_smil

 

[John in Covina]

How much of the pomade do you have to eat to get that cancer?

I figured it had to be made with at least one of these:
Arsenic
strynine
asbestos
mercury
nicotine
DDT
plutonium or radium
berylium
ozone
UV rays
Cosmic rays
gamma rays

but there wasn't even a pinch of any of them in it.

 

[reetpleat]

I agree lol lol lol

Not a day goes by that one doesn't read articles saying that anything can kill you! ...and i mean anything, alcohol, teflon, coffee, the air that you breathe ...blah...blah....blah....blah.... and now hair pomade can kill you too :rage:

Can you imagine? - "So what killed him? oh! too much hair pomade!"[huh]

Silly beyond words!

On the one hand, I agree. But on the other hand, people die of cancer and other illnesses every day from thaings that at one time were thought of as harmless.

 

[mrbork]

Not really, this clearly speaks to liability issues and duty to warn. This way the company has what is called an affirmative defense where the user was warned and the user "assumed the risk" inherent in the product. :icon_smil

Well, Wildroot contains formaldehyde (oxydized methanol).

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Well, Wildroot contains formaldehyde (oxydized methanol).

ok, what does that have to do with what I posted? [huh]

 

[John in Covina]

Well, Wildroot contains formaldehyde (oxydized methanol).

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Actually it also occurs in many natural cheeses and those you eat.

 

[mrbork]

ok, what does that have to do with what I posted? [huh]

OOPS! Wrong key hit; that made no sense, did it?!!!

 

[Carlisle Blues]

OOPS! Wrong key hit; that made no sense, did it?!!!

LOL lol lol lol lol

 

[Paisley]

I typed in the mascara I use. The hazard level they gave for the fragrance: 8 out of 10. The data gap they listed: 100%. :icon_smil I need to download this and put it on the flowerbeds.