Recycling and chemical nasties

I didn't mention before that a couple of weeks ago my mum and I found our local Tetrapak recycling bank, which I'm really pleased about. As family and work colleagues know, I am very proactive when it comes to recycling and I wanted to recycle my milk cartons which were tetrapak. I read in our local paper the other week there were 2 local but mum couldn't find one and we found the other. So now mum goes up there (15 mins walk from home) about once a month to take my cartons.

I have recently decided to try and go organic and green with my cosmetics at home ie face and hand washes etc. I have been reading in the papers and in health magazines about these chemicals called Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate (SLS), aliminium, parabens and propylene glycol all can cause harm to the skin. SLS was in the toothpaste so I bought some organic SLS free toothpaste, aliminium is in deodorants so I bought an aliminium free roll-on, and am now looking at other products that don't have these things in, and a lot of wash stuff does. There is a Neal's Yard Remedies place near here at my work place so I might go and have a look lunch time today instead of writing. I said to my mum last night that all these chemicals are like these E numbers and additives that people are creating about now. Why food producers put all these things in the foods I don't know especially when they are saying they can cause all these problems in children now, although this scenario was brought up years ago.

Well, must get on with some work.