BIOPHILE 16 — JUNE/JULY 2007 R25 - Biophile Magazine

Asimple bottle of shampoo... a truereflection of the state of oursociety and culture, and ourway of life! On the shelves of most ofour major retailers is the Organicsrange of shampoos made by Unilever,the third biggest company in the UK(only BP and Shell are bigger). They arecleverly packaged in a green bottle, andwill con any ignorant, unsuspectingconsumer that has not done theirhomework into thinking that they arebuying a harmless ‘organic’ shampoowhich will be good for them and theirfamily, and probably the environmentas well!Little do they know that this so called“Organic (s)” shampoo is filled with acocktail of chemicals that should youdecide to drink it, a trip to the doctor,without any stops on the way wouldprobably be essential!This product is not organic; in factthere is not one organic ingredient init. Some of the ingredients are on the‘carcinogenic’ list of most of the independentresearch companies that arenot funded by large unscrupulous corporations,who have nothing other thanmoney in mind. It is all about “profitbefore people, planet and animals”.They are a shameful bunch and it is theethos of greed, competition, power and‘more is never enough’ that has got usinto the devastating the state we arein. It is time for these large bullies toBlatant Deceptionby The Biophile Teambecome accountable and start actingwith integrity and honesty. Diseaseis epidemic amongst the old and theyoung, our wildlife is threatened withextinction becoming an every day occurrenceand our planet is in crisis. Itis also time for the public to get out oftheir comfortable ‘autopilot’ mode andmake informed conscious choices andeducate themselves.The commercial world has managedto persuade us to pay a handsome pricefor a bottle of ‘poisonous detergent’that we are being conned into believingby their clever advertising and marketingwill make us sexier, more beautiful,healthier, cleverer or what ever elsethey can conjure up to make us buy itand believe that it is good for us.In fact, the word shampoo comesfrom the Hindi word chapo, meaningto massage or knead. A far cry from theharsh foaming mixtures we call now call‘shampoos’. The first ‘soapy’ shampooswere simple solutions of basic soapmade from vegetable oil and wereinvented by British hairdressers duringthe heyday of the empire.But like most things in our commerciallydriven materialistic lifestyles it isfar removed from the original intentionand there is very little integrity or honestlyattached.The irony of it all is that we don’teven need to wash our hair! If the bodyis balanced and the skin healthy thenatural oils of the body and the microscopicbacteria on all skin will clean itnaturally, just look at animals, especiallyin the wild, and even our domesticatedones and see how beautiful theirfur is when left alone and their diet isgood and natural.Listed ingredients for Organics Shampoo for Normal Hair.The shampoo is meant to include clove oil, but we cannot find it listed in the ingredients!Aqua waterCocomidopropyl betaine a strong detergent – not organicSodium laureth sulphate surfactant, banned by all major organiccertifiers. This cleaning agent can also contain carcinogen 1,4 dioxane.Lysine hci amino acidCetmonium chloride conditioning agent banned by organiccertification bodiesTrideceth 12 banned by organic certification bodiesOctamethylcyclotetrasiloxane banned by organic certificationbodiesSodium acetateDimethiconol banned by organic certification bodiesTea-dedecybenenesulfonate emollient banned by organiccertification bodiesMica banned by organic certification bodiesGuar hydroxypopyltrimonium chloride banned by organiccertification bodiesCarbomer a synthetic gelling agent used to thicken, stabilize andpromote the shelf life of the product. It can be irritating to skin and eyes.Banned by organic certification bodiesSodium chloride table saltSodium hydroxide caustic soda. Ph adjusterTeltasodium edta banned by organic certification bodiesParfum petrochemically derived with undiscolsed ingredientsbanned by organic certification bodiesFormaldehyde a preservative and suspected carcinogen, causesrespiratory irritation banned by organic certification bodiesSodium benzoate preservativeBenzyl salicylate preservativeCitronellol essential oil componentGeraniol essential oil componentLimonene essential oil componentLinalool essential oil componentThis is outright fraudulent misrepresentation!Biophile Issue 1659