Via Bumble & Bee Organic There are thousands of dangerous chemicals in cosmetics today. I've chosen these top five based on their risk, and their widespread useage. Use this list as a guide to help you decipher if what you're buying is truly natural. 1. “Fragrance”  can be one or more of 200 chemicals. Companies don't have to disclose the actual components of each fragrance, under the guise that their fragrances are trade secrets. Fragrance has been known to cause...

Via The New York Times By Richard Klasco, M.D. Q. Are there any health risks to using a communal bar of soap in, say, a health club? A. No. Bar soap does not appear to transmit disease. The most rigorous study of this question was published in 1965. Scientists conducted a series of experiments in which they intentionally contaminated their hands with about five billion bacteria. The bacteria were disease-causing strains, such as Staph and E. coli. The scientists then washed their hands with...