Anyone would not get startled by wave of glamorous commercials. By using different toiletries almost all of us are facing daunting damages; because these contain various types of chemicals. These toxins damage soil, water, air and trees a lot more than skin and human body. Instead if herbal, chemical free and vegetable proteins are used then skin and environment are both saved.
Things to know…
Any reputed company’s toiletry would mention ingredients and their amount on packaging label. The cosmetics that contain large amounts of petrochemical, synthetic chemical and ammonium, using those products as less as possible is better.
Toxics like naphthalene, toilet fresheners that could result in lung cancer through breathing by daily usage. If anybody got asthma, that could also intensify.
The bigger issue is that toxics can mix with the air and create poisonous environment.
Previously toiletries used to be sealed inside different containers made of wooden, metal and glass. In that way quality of toiletries was maintained and those containers were environmentally friendly.
Now most of the toiletries are sealed inside plastic containers that do not decompose in soil. As a result environment is damaged. As a matter of fact even different type of sprays like body sprays, hair sprays etc are more harmful to environment than human body. This increases the risk of green house effect.
Prevention for environmental pollution…
• If mouthwash and toners contain high level of alcohol try to use them less.
• If aluminum and artificial color are highly used in toiletries then use is it less for the sake of environment.
• Use less of propylene, glycol containing shaving creams, deodorants.
• Some shampoos, face gel, bath foam, shaving foams contain high level of sodium sulfate. When foam created by sodium sulfate mixes with water it damages elements in water.
• Although sodium fluoride prevents tooth decay, the gas which is released while making it from is not eco friendly.
• Animal fat containing toiletries may not harm human body, but it damages the balance in plant and animal ecology.
• Penthanol, ethanol are used in toiletries packaging. Although environmental these do not pose any direct harm to human body they cause a lot of harm.
The ingredients that have less risk possibilities….
• There is no competition to mineral oil and natural petroleum when it comes to keeping skin soft and smooth. And these are eco friendly.
• To remove hair dandruffs there is no comparison to anti-oxidant. It is not that hazardous to environment.
• Natural glycerin is really helpful for skin. Its effect in environment is not really hazardous.
• Alovera protein is useful for both skin and environment.
• Jojoba oil, coco butter and vegetable oil containing cosmetics are quite environmentally friendly and safer for skin.
If beauty maintenance is done through herbal or ayurvedic method there are no side effects. Using different types of barks, fruits, roots like chandan, kumkum, josthimodhu, padmakeshor, nilotpol keeps beauty and body safe, they are also eco friendly.
Before buying any toiletries one should be aware of its ingredients. Beside one should be careful that any spray containers are not made of zinc or tin. In case of perfume glass bottles are eco friendly.
Moreover rather than using different types of synthetic chemical containing face scrubs, facial gel; herbal facial, herbal spa can be used. Worldwide environment is becoming more against normal living ways. Various carbon fuels are irreversibly damaging environment.
To maintain environmental balance almost in every country eco friendly products cosmetics and lifestyle are introduced. Everyday we are use various cosmetics of which most are hazardous for environment. That is why it’s time to think about environment. Just think once about the cosmetics placed on your dressing table.
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Sex peer pressure self-imposedMay
All in the mind ... young Australians wrongly assume that their peers are having more sex than they actually are.
Young Australians tend to assume everyone else is having more sex than they are, a study shows.
Almost 70 per cent of young people who took part in a Melbourne-based study believed they'd had fewer sexual partners than their "average" peers.
"We can make an observation that young people seem to think other people are having more sex than they are," says Associate Professor Margaret Hellard, of the Burnet Institute's Centre for Population Health.
"It's worth investigating further ... whether or not this feeling changes how they think they ought to be behaving."
Almost 450 people, aged 16 to 29, took part in they survey.
They reported a mean number of 5.5 sexual partners each over of their lifetimes which, Dr Hellard says, was high in comparison to other similar studies.
They also said they believed their peers had had a mean of 6.6 sexual partners each.
Teenage women were more likely to make this over-estimation.
"What it all comes down to is we don't have clear conversations with young people (about sex)," says Dr Hellard.
"That's why many young people spend their time thinking something else is happening out there than what is actually happening."
Dr Hellard says it was important that young Australians be told it was okay to hold off starting to have sex, or to go without for a time, and that it was "not always the case" their peers had multiple sexual partners.
The study results are published in the journal Sexual Health, and it comes as an academic has also questioned the adequacy of sex education in the nation's schools.
Adolescent health specialist Dr Rachel Skinner looked at the sexual experiences of 68 girls, aged 14 to 19, in a separate study.
It found the girls were aware of the consequences of unprotected sex, but lacked the negotiating skills to resist peer pressure.
A majority of respondents also said they regretted their first sexual experience.
Dr Skinner said a majority of the girls were not ready or prepared when they lost their virginity.
"Many of the teenagers said how sex education was something that was too little and too late in their schooling years," Dr Skinner told ABC Radio.
"These young people knew about the risks of unprotected sex ... rather than how to negotiate with a partner about having sex at the time that they feel ready for it."
The findings of the study were presented to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians conference in Sydney on Tuesday.