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Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field

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204 points XzetaU8 | 5 comments | 29 Jun 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.909s | source
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8bitsrule ◴[29 Jun 25 19:27 UTC] No.44415636[source]▶
"the human health impacts of many such chemicals remain poorly understood"

The effects of ritual bathing (soap, scrubbing with washcloths, etc.) on the skin may also be "poorly understood". Many people also wear regularly-washed clothing.

When I look at the laundry-list of chemicals in personal-care products (soaps, shampoos) (and in foods ... sometimes, wow!) I often wonder how much effort goes into testing all of this gunk.

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1. amarcheschi ◴[29 Jun 25 19:33 UTC] No.44415687[source]▶
>When I look at the laundry-list of chemicals in personal-care products I often wonder how much effort goes into testing all of this gunk.

A lot of effort

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2. hiddencost ◴[29 Jun 25 19:40 UTC] No.44415742[source]▶
Good news (sarcasm), they laid off all the people responsible for that.
3. 12_throw_away ◴[29 Jun 25 20:09 UTC] No.44415997[source]▶
>> how much effort goes into testing all of this gunk.

> A lot of effort

Into testing the long-term biochemical and environmental consequences? lol no absolutely not. Source: I work in this field.

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4. amarcheschi ◴[29 Jun 25 21:27 UTC] No.44416571[source]▶
At least in eu, regulation is present to at least try to ensure that products are quite safe for the customers and for the environment
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5. thefounder ◴[29 Jun 25 22:57 UTC] No.44417383{3}[source]▶
I think there are no long terms and that’s the case for food as well