Comments on: The Black Sheep of the Organic Industry

By: Carolin

Carolin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:24 +0000

I think consumers have the right to know!

By: Cinemiss @ Natural Cleaning Products

Cinemiss @ Natural Cleaning Products — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:44:05 +0000

When cosmetic companies use terms like Natural or Organic, it may be just marketing. The way regulations are they can say pretty much what they want. It's up to the consumer to study products on a case-by-case basis and decide whether they are acceptable. Cinemisss last blog post..Why doesn’t North America Start building more inorganic houses verses organic homes?

By: Spooky Skin Care | Skin Care Blog

Spooky Skin Care | Skin Care Blog — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:06:13 +0000

[...] what effect does this have on or health? We don’t know do we? But we do know that there is very little control of the cosmetics industry. And do we really need to spend our money on these expensive products? Laure Rittié, a research [...]

By: Spooky Skin Care | YourNaturalWellness.com

Spooky Skin Care | YourNaturalWellness.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:50:28 +0000

[...] How do we really know these products are safe? If a facial cream really does contain hormones what effect does this have on or health? We don’t know do we? But we do know that there is very little control of the cosmetics industry. [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:45:59 +0000

As the cosmetic industry sees increasing demands for truly organic products it will respond be developing them. The more noise that the consumer makes then the faster that will happen. By the way - the scientific definition of "organic" is carbon based. So gasoline and plastics are organic by that definition. Gregs last blog post..testing

By: Richien

Richien — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:48:06 +0000

I am glad that you have pointed this out. I wouldn’t have known, but I am not surprised, that people take advantage of using Organic designation. I guess we have to be very careful and don’t believe what most advertisers say.

By: Chemical Engineering » Blog Archive » The Black Sheep of the Organic Industry

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:12:52 +0000

[...] CyberYum – Yummy Food wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt When will we start putting REAL demands on the cosmetics and skin care industry? The organic industry is booming. We buy more and more organic foods. We search for organic clothing, and organic gardening is becoming really popular. One industry that has been left out is the cosmetics industry. Sure there is mineral makeup and products that are called “natural” or “organic”. But what do the words “natural” or “organic” mean to the cosmetics industry? For example one common skin care ingred [...]