Calendar Girl Blog: Did You Know?

In addition to photos, breast haiku's and interesting dates, I featured a breast health related question and answer on each month of the calendar. Here's an example of a Q&A that appears in the 2007 edition of Breast of Canada.

I must add that Liz Armstrong is one of my writers. She penned the following:

Should I read the labels on my beauty care products, or are they carefully screened for safety by a regulating body?

We're tempted to answer 'Ha!' to the second part of the question, but the more respectful response is:

Women spend billions of dollars every year on personal care products like cosmetics and toothpaste. These products should be safe, and we assume they are. Our advice? Trust less and investigate more, because there are very few regulations governing ingredients in personal care products. Even enticing words such as herbal, all-natural and organic are essentially meaningless in a marketplace with limited standards.

Start on the path to safety by reading the Environmental Working Group's report, Skin Deep (at www.ewg.org). Then try its easy-to-navigate Searchable Product Guide, which provides safety assessments for 7,500 personal care products, including the 10 best and worst in each category. Eye-opening!

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Calendar Girl assures you that Breast of Canada is a highly educational breast owners manual.

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