For the chemically injured . . . and those who wish to be safer
Also see EHN’s sections on Organics and Shampoos.

I use organic Jojoba Oil on my scalp, before shampooing, as well as on my skin, massaging
it in well. I often use baking soda as a shampoo. Otherwise, I find I can use a wide range of
Magick Botanicals products. And, I don’t use hair dye, feeling I’ve earned my gray.
You can find documents telling you hair dye is safe. But until we stop hearing about all of
the skyrocketing rates of “UNEXPLAINED” cancers, and the likely connection with
NonHodgkins Lymphoma, I’ll employ the Precautionary Principle. I like my gray streaks. — barb
• BBC News -“Hair dye cancer alert”
  Wednesday, 17 April, 2002, 07:29 GMT 08:29 UK
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1934496.stm
• Cosmetics and breast cancer — look for section, “Hair dyes”
  Cancer Research Center of America, Inc., By James W. Coleman, Ph.D.
  http://www.cancerresearchamerica.org/cosmetics.html
• Chemically Sensitive Living Store
  Fragrance Free Hair Care – online shopping
  http://chemsenlvng.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TCSLS&Category_Code=FFHC
• CNN Health: “Study suggests lead risk in hair dyes” February 4, 1997; Web posted at: 1:43 p.m. EST (1843 GMT)
  http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9702/04/hair.dye/
• Danish Environmental Protection Agency
  2002. Survey of chemical substances in hairstyling products
  http://www.mst.dk/chemi/01081102.htm
  DEPA’s search page for “perfume inhalation” . . .
  http://search.mem.dk/MSTSearch/search/default.asp?Lang=UK&q1=perfume+inhalation&SearchType=ALL
• EPA’s EDRI Federal Project Inventory:
  63550-01a1 NonHodgkins Lymphoma‚Hair Dye and Other Exposures
  http://www.epa.gov/edrlupvx/inventory/NCI-021.html
• FDA on hair care products
  • HAIR DYE PRODUCTS
    http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-hdye.html
  • Heading Off Hair-Care Disasters:
    Use Caution With Relaxers and Dyes
    By Michelle Meadows, FDA
    Contains several sections of info, including Hair Color and Cancer. — barb
    http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdahdye.htmlThe International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients
    http://dg3.eudra.org/F3/inci/index.htm
    • Inventory of ingredients used in cosmetic products, : 1,
      Includes CAS Numbers! Just look. You can get your fix for some great chemicals– barb
      http://dg3.eudra.org/F3/inci/incia1,.htm
  • Lead Acetate in Hair Dye Products
    http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-lead.html
• Formalin
  Brought to you by Vaccine Information
  ” Don’t forget …from the Formaldehyde Institute other names it is known as:
  ‘… Ivalon, Quaternium-15, Lysoform, Formalith, BVF, Methylene oxide, Formalin,
  Morbicid, Methanal, Methyl aldehyde, Oxomethane, Formic aldehyde, Fannoform,
  Fyde, Lofol, Oxymethylene, Formol, and Superlysoform…’ ”
  http://www.vaccinetruth.org/formalin.htm
• Ginesis Shampoo – Ginesis Conditioner
  Through Safe2Use
  http://www.safe2use.com/ginesis/shampoo/shampoo.htm
• HAIR CARE — Recipes using Essential Oils
  By Spiceworld
  http://www.spiceworld.uk.com/haircare.htm
• Hair Products
  Michigan State University Extension
  http://webdesignandleasing.com/hm_hair_product.html
• HealthFinder — Lead Acetate Used in Hair Dye Products
  http://www.healthfinder.gov/docs/doc03621.htm
• Healthy Hair, Healthy Body, Healthy Environment poster
  “A guide for people who work with hair . . . because beauty is more than skin deep”
  “… one study has shown that up to 20% of hair dressers leave the business due to
  allergies or dermatitis! After all that time and training, what a waste!”
  Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute UMASS Lowel
  http://www.turi.org/community/hairshow.html
• June Russell’s Health Facts – Chemical Sensitivities and Hair Dyes
  http://www.jrussellshealth.com/chemsenshair.html
• Magick Fragrance-Free Shampoo and Hair Care products
  Including styling gel and spray
  http://www.simmonsnaturals.com/magfraghairp.html
• UN RADIO FEATURE PROGRAMMES: a weekly programme on women’s issues
  “Women’s news and women’s views from around the globe”
  THE HARMS OF HENNA
  “Natural henna, which is derived from a plant, is used to enhance hair colour and
  increasingly as decoration on the skin. In the Sudan, where women prefer a darker
  shade of colour, a chemical form of henna is used. Dr. Iman Abubakr Osman, at the
  University of Afhad in Khartoum, talks about the harms of this chemical dye both to
  the consumers, as well as those who earn a living from applying the henna.
  http://www.un.org/womenwatch/news/unradio/progs/9917tr.htm