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Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field

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204 points XzetaU8 | 4 comments | 29 Jun 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.694s | 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. WalterBright ◴[29 Jun 25 22:01 UTC] No.44416894[source]▶
I agree. We should go back to the Roman days when clothes were washed in urine.
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2. chopin ◴[30 Jun 25 11:19 UTC] No.44421879[source]▶
Some scin medicines contain Urea. It's not that we're much better.
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3. chopin ◴[30 Jun 25 11:21 UTC] No.44421905[source]▶
To add: urine is rich of phosphorus salts. Contained in...washing agents.
4. bravesoul2 ◴[30 Jun 25 13:09 UTC] No.44422844[source]▶
Maybe we should. Maybe that's better than global warming.