June 27th, 2009 by Melanie Mullen

Yesterday I heard someone say “i got Organic shampoo-but who knows what that means.”
So I realized two things;
#1 there is so much green washing when it comes to Organic, for example the brand name Organics which doesn’t clearly identify that their products are Organically Grown and Produced.
#2 the green shift has gotten to the point of mindless following, which I am not opposed, but common, you are doing a good thing, don’t you want to know how positive your actions are for our communities !

So I wanted to quickly highlight one major reason why you should decide to grab the Organic version:
A Certified Organic Product equates to the non-use of pesticide !
Pesticides :
-The most common pesticide used is Atrazine, a weed killer used on corn, soy and more. It is the #1 contaminant for our drinking and ground water. It has been found in labs at the University of California Berkley that Atrazine is an endocrine desrupter & it de-masculanized the males frogs, making them all females.
-the terrifying thing is Atrazine can travel 600 miles in Rainwater
-Atrazine contamination has also been linked with increased incidence of Prostate cancer, Ovarian Cancer and Breast Cancer.
Entire European Union Banned Atrazine: Norway 1990, Sweeden 1989, Finland 1993, Italy 1991 , Germany 1991, Austria 1995, Denmark 1995, Belgium 2002 , France2003

known public facts:
-Fertility declines throughout Europe primarily in areas with heavy Pesticide use
-Tasmanian cancer rates shoot up 200% after heavy use of pesticides
-Birth defects in Mexico increased near agricultural areas
-Discovered in non-public labs the fish in
La Seine actually changed sex, the males grew female organs and there were no more male fish.