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If you're using products with parabens, BHA or phthlates, it's really time to change brand. Read it and shudder: The Independent: Pregnant women warned off cosmetics.

With the delicious revelation that "A 2007 study claimed British women absorb an average of 5lb of cosmetics a year through their skin and mouths" 5lb ladies!!!

Peace One Day is today. Find peace in your hearts.

In case you missed it, sunflower oil contaminated with mineral (aliphatic) oils has entered the Spanish food chain. Shops are voluntarily withdrawing all brands of sunflower oil from their shelves because the affected brands are yet to be determined/disclosed. Chains such as Mercadona have no sunflower oil on their shelves but smaller retailers may not know or may not voluntarily withdraw the oi… Continue

Shudder. Health Canada is calling bisphenol A a dangerous substance, making it the first regulatory body in the world to reach such a determination and taking the initial step toward measures to control exposures to it.

Bisphenol A, or BPA, is one of the most widely used synthetic chemicals in modern industry. It is the basic building block for polycarbonate, the see-through, shatter

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I'll be playing again at the Feria d'Artesania on Thursday, 30 August. English pop and folk...please come and say hello!