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Regional Voiue Spatter, September 25, 1985
.00d Products In Shampoo
Illi Sonja HoInta
The label of Faberge Organics
Shampoo says in large letters
that it contains pure wheat germ
oil and honey. Are they the
main ingredients? Why would
two food products be good for
the hair? '
There are key words which
one sees written everywhere in
the marketplace today. These„
words such as organic,
natural, pure, lite, wheat germ,
honey, yogurt — attract
consumers and sell products.
Since there is no government
standard for the definition of
organic or natural,
manufacturers can use these
words as they wish.
According to an ingredients
list supplied by Ann Polo of
Faberge, Inc., this shampoo
contains about 30 ingredients,
two of which are wheat germ oil
and honey. Polo states that
"because of the competitive
nature of our business,
percentages of ingredients are
not made available to the
public."
Contrary to popular belief,
hair cannot be "fed." Hair is
essentially dead tissue and does
not absorb the ingredients in
shampoo or conditioners. The
most that wheat germ oil or
honey can do is coat the hair,
but it 'stands to reason that since
Shampoos have detergents in
them, any amount of "food"
remaining on the hair after a
good cleaning would be
negligible.
FLEA INFESTATION
I rented an apartment and
discovered soon after that the
place, which otherwise seemed
to be clean, was infested with
fleas. So far I've spent about
$30 on various cans of poisons
such as D -Con flea Killer and
Strike Flea Ender. One is a
bomb mist and the other is a
spray. But after a day or so I
see evidence of fleas again. The
landlord won't do anything
about it and says 1 must have
brought the fleas in, which is
ridiculous. I'm at a loss to know
how to cope with this problem
at this point.
The previous tenant must
have had a pet which
contaminated the apartment.
According to the University
of California's Cooperative
Extension material. on flea
control, sprays and botnbs will
kill a lot of the fleas but
probably never eliminate them
because the poisons don't
penetrate the eggs, which
eventually hatch and start the
problem all over again.
The only remedy l would
suggest at this point is to call in
a professional pest control
company. The stuff they use is
stronger than anything you can
buy at a hardware store, and
they guarantee their work.
There must be other ways that
readers are coping with flea
problems in their homes. If you
have managed to get a flea
problem under control, please
share your secrets with us.
ORGANIC RICE
I understand that it is very
difficult to grow rice
"organically." " By organically,
does this mean these rice
producers use no chemicals
whatsoever? Do they use
fertilizers?
Barry Stice, general manager
of Lundberg Farm in
California, says that his
company produces two kinds of
brown rice — organic and
commercial. Their certified
organic rice is fertilized with
composted chicken manure in
conjunction with various cover
crops and is never touched by
any type of toxic chemical
material.
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