Luna Company Scare Tactics

[tbminnie]

The other day on campus the company that makes Luna bars had a tent up. They were handing out petroleum free chap stick, samples of their bars and their drink mixers. They also gave out a little pamphlet. So I was thumming through the pamphlet and I came across this, "There's a place where companies can sell products even if they contain ingredients llinked to breast cancer. It's called the beauty aisle. huh?
underneath this is a website www.safecosmetics.org
Maybe someone else has more information on this than I do. After looking at the website, it seems like a scare tactic to me.

[NeverNeverland]

I don't know about that but I love Luna bars so I really hope it's not a scare tactic

[Trekkie Dad]

Many year ago my sister operated a burger joint, and she told me the used oil from the fries was picked up once a week to be recycled into cosmetics.

[mousercise]

What does that campaign have to do with Luna bars ??? weird

[disneymeimei]

Thank you for sharing the link. I don't know if it is a scare tactic or not, but I'm quite interested in this topic.

[tbminnie]

Originally Posted by disneymeimei

Thank you for sharing the link. I don't know if it is a scare tactic or not, but I'm quite interested in this topic.

I am not sure either but I also had the rep there telling me that I am putting cancer on my face everyday. I use origins and they don't have any of the ingerdients on the "bad list" but they are not on their approved cosmetic list.

[disneymeimei]

Originally Posted by tbminnie

I am not sure either but I also had the rep there telling me that I am putting cancer on my face everyday. I use origins and they don't have any of the ingerdients on the "bad list" but they are not on their approved cosmetic list.

It is interesting with your timing of this post...tomorrow would have been my mother's 65th birthday...she was a beautician, trained in the mid-60's worked for 30 years in the business. (black hair dye, nail products, perms, all of it). Her all time favorite fagrance, Estee Lauder, was in the top ten.

My daughter's boyfriend is a chemical engineering major at Berkeley. I plan to ask him a lot of questions when he comes home this weekend.

[migo]

Every minute you wake up your putting cancer in your body. This is crap.

[TikiRoomLiz]

Originally Posted by migo

Every minute you wake up your putting cancer in your body. This is crap.

Exactly! Every week there's something or other out there which you use in everyday life that is heralded as causing cancer.

Even if you didn't wear make up, being out in commuter traffic everyday inhaling other cars exhaust can't be all that healthy for you either!

[migo]

Booyah! TRL...I agree.


Live your f'in lives.

[seenoevil]

None of this stuff is new. This sort of information has been around for decades, probably before most of you were born. I don't see it as a "scare" tactic, but just giving you information so you can be more aware. Normally, when you hear about some ingredient that is harmful, you don't use a dose large enough to do serious damage. Maybe over time, if you used a lot of the products on the lists, something may happen. Or if you had unexplained allergies, some of this stuff could be the cause. The reason Luna would be involved in something like this, is their "natural" "healthy" philosophy.

[clara]

Originally Posted by Trekkie Dad

Many year ago my sister operated a burger joint, and she told me the used oil from the fries was picked up once a week to be recycled into cosmetics.

I can't believe that..!


This subject reminds me of the first Batman movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. The Joker had everyone all scared to where cosmetics because of mixtures..or something like that.

Sounds like a bunch of bologna sandwiches to me.

[stinkerbell]

Eh. I see it as a company for women (Luna) supporting a woman's cause (cancer prevention) via women's products (cosmetics).

And my stepmom 90% believes her breast cancer was caused by her deodorant/anti-perspirant, so there are definitely people out there who believe deeply in these issues, for all the right reasons.

[suzsqueak]

Stinkerbell,

You don't know to the degree it disturbs me when I hear women say that they developed breast cancer because of their anti-perspirant or the underwire in their bras. I work with breast imaging radiologists here in Los Angeles, and I hear that at least once a day and both ideas are incorrect. Breast cancer is something that happens internally in both men and women, and while there are a percentage of people who have a genetic link, most breast cancers happen to people without a familial history.

The only link between deodorant/anti perspirant and breast cancer is different one. Wearing it during your mammographic exam can result in a false positive because of the aluminum in the products appearing on the mammogram, mimicking calcifications. While there are many types of calcifications, most of which are benign, some are the visual sign of DCIS, (Ductal Carcinoma in situ), which is treated with removal and radiation so that it doesn't become Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.

Just my .02 and I hope it doesn't bother anyone.