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- Food
Additives - T
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Talcum powder - usually contains
hydrated magnesium sulphate or magnesium carbonate, the fine particles
of which can cause lung problems if inhaled often. A cornstarch variety
is available as a safe alternative. Talc itself is used in capsules
and tablets, as well as other medications. Also in cosmetic powers.
Inhalation is know to cause emphysema, especially in smokers. 3, 47
Tallow - hard, white fat derived
from animals, used to make soap and candles, and in the dressing of
leather. Also used in wax paper, crayons, margarines, paints, rubber,
lubricants, soaps, shampoos, lipsticks, shaving creams, other cosmetics.
May contain pesticide residues. 3, 14
Tallow tree - species which exudes
waxy or fatty substances suitable for cooking, making soap and candles.
3
Tea - contains the stimulant caffeine
in smaller amounts than in coffee. Tea also contains the alkaloids
theobromine and theophylline which stimulate the heart rate and have
the added effect of relaxing smooth muscle, and dilating blood vessels.
Tea accumulates aluminium when growing, so that prepared tea may contain
2-6mg per litre. 7b. 47
- Tea bags may have been bleached with chlorine,causing
the release of dioxins. See Dioxins78
Tea-tree oil - derived from the
leaves of the tea-tree plant, the oil has exceptional anti-bacterial
properties 3
Teflon - a coating applied to cooking
utensils for its non-stick quality. Teflon contains carbon and fluorine
3
Testing - Information courtesy
of PETA:"Avon Products, Inc., until June of 1989 killed about 24,000
animals a year to test its products, now uses many non-animal tests,
including the Eytex method. Eytex, developed by InVitro International
in Irvine, Calif., assesses irritancy with a protein alteration system.
A vegetable protein from the jack bean mimics the cornea's reaction
when exposed to foreign matter. The greater the irritation, the more
opaque the solution becomes. The Skintex formula, also developed by
InVitro International, is made from the yellowish meat of the pumpkin
rind; it mimics the reaction of human skin to foreign substances.
Both Eytex and Skintex can be used to determine the toxicity of more
than 5,000 different materials. " see also Alternatives to animal
testing.
- Companies that still continue the barbaric
practice of testing consumer items on animals should be boycotted. These
companies continue to test on animals when they are not required by
law to do so (the pharmaceutical industry, automotive and garden chemicals,
food additives, are required to test):
- Cheeesborough-Ponds (Cutex, Faberge
and Vaseline products)
- Bausch and Lomb (ray-ban)
- Bic (yes the pens and lighters are
out!)
- Block Drug co (sensidyne toothpaste)
- Reckitt and Coleman
- Gilette (Oral B, Liquid Paper, Braun
electrical appliances, Parker and Papermate, Waterman Ink, Dry Idea
and Naturel Plus deodorants, Silkience hairspray, Shaving products,
razors and blades,duracell batteries). Gilette declared to the international
animal welfare community that, since September 1995, they have used
no animals in experiments of any kind, though they refuse to sign
any guarantee of a permanent ban on animal testing. 39
- Bristol-Myers Squibb (Clariol hair
products)
- Carter Wallace (PearlDrops tooth polish,
Curash powder)
- Colgate-palmolive (ajax, fab, toothpaste,
palmolive dish detergent and soap)
- Coty
- Dow brands
- Johnson&Johnson (every damn baby
product you can think of as well as Neutrogena soap)
- Kimberley-Clark (Kleenex, Huggies),
- Lilly
- Mary Kay
- Nestle (coffee, milo other foodstuffs)
- Nutrasweet
- Pfizer (visine)
- Playtex
- Ponds
- Procter & Gamble (Pampers Nappies,
Pert, all Richardson-Vicks including Vaporub, Cover Girl, Max Factor,Pantene,
Oil of Ulan, NapiSan, Milton, Clearasil, Infracare, Pringles,Whisper,
Vidal Sassoon, Old Spice, Flash Cleaner, Le Jardin, Tampax, Metamucil,
Always, Ariel, Attends, Blue Stratos, Bold, Boss, Bounce, Camay,
Clearasil, Crest, Daz, Delph, Denclen, Dreft, Fairy Liquid, Fairy
Snow, Head & Shoulders, Insignia, Lenor, Mandate, Pantene Pro-V
Shampoo, Rapport, Sinex, Tide, Vortex, Zest )
- 3M (Post-it, Scotch tapes and stationery
items, some medications)
- Unilever (Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden,
Helene Curtis (Finesse shampoo),
- Warner-Lambert (Schick, Listerine)
- Yves St Laurent
A comprehensive list is also available form PETA , VIVA and
Animal Liberation. (see links) Email me for a partial list of address
in Australia to write in protest of these companies testing practices.
- see also Cosmetics, Moisturisers 39, 50,
53
- Choose Cruelty Free have
a list of brand names available in Australia that do not test their
products on animals as well as lots of enlightening facts about animal
testing.
Textured vegetable protein - TVP
is an excellent meat replacement, low in fat and high in protein,
comparable in taste and texture. Derived from soy beans ("defatted"
soya flour), peanuts, sunflower or safflower oils. It is sometimes
artificially flavoured. 1, 44
Titanium dioxide - pigment used
in white paint and toothpaste derived from mineral rocks, pollutes
many rivers and oceans.
Toothpaste - Toothpastes usually
contain an abrasive (calcium phosphate or carbonate), a softening
agent (glycerine), a foaming agent (often sodium laurel sulphate),
a thickener (often sodium carboxymethyl cellulose), a flavouring (usually
spearmint or peppermint oil) and water. Calcium carbonate is sometimes
derived from bones; Titanium dioxide is often used to whiten the paste
(a pollutant in many waterways) and Fluoride (a potential systemic
poison) is added for its reputed cavity preventing properties. Many
brands are tested using the LD50 process, force feeding rats and guinea
pigs. Tubes are sometimes made of aluminium and leaching may occur
(see aluminium).
- Toothpaste has had a long history of animal
abuse and chemical toxicity: the ancient Romans used ground bones of
burnt rodents skulls, dog's bones have also been used and some toothpastes
still contain bone ash. Toothpastes once contained hexachlorophene,
chloroform and/or cyclamate, all toxic in various ways. Tubes were once
made of lead until it was discovered that the lead leached into the
paste! There are herbal toothpastes readily available in supermarkets
and health food stores that do not test on animals or contain fluoride.
A simple home-made toothpaste can be made from powdered charcoaled bread
to which peppermint, cloves or rosemary oil have been added, or a simple
mixture of bicarbonate of soda and salt. see also Fluoride. 12, 32,
78
Toxicity - the 'dirty dozen' commonly
leached from waste sites include: trichloroethylene, lead, toluene,
benzene, chromium, tetrachloroethene, trichloroethane, chloroform,
arsenic, PCBs, cadmium and zinc. Petroleum/chlorine compounds are
always toxic, persistent and accumulative in the bodies of plants
and animals. Nine studies analysed by the Environmental Research Foundation
in 1992 showed that many forms of cancer have been linked with exposure
to these chemicals, including leukemia, stomach, lung, and lymph system
cancers, as well as links with increased incidence of diabetes, suicide
and cancer of the brain. Industries which used solvents (pathologists
and printers), adhesives (rubber, plastics and synthetic chemical
industries), dyes, perfumes, paints, and other inorganic substances,
in oil refineries, and those who handle and transport those products
were shown to have higher incidence of cancers than the general population.
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- The US EPA claims that we are 3 times
more likely to contract cancer from pollution in our home: cleaning
and personal products, 'outgassing' from resins made from aromatic hydrocarbons
and formaldehyde, than from airborne contaminants. 12, 17
Tragacanth - additive 413. Resin
form the tree Astragalus gummifer. A water soluble gum, used
in foods, drugs including nasal solutions, elixirs and tablets. Also
used as a binder in cosmetics. 48, 47
Trassi - shrimp paste
Truffles - a fungi that grows underground,
high in naturally occurring MSG. 1, 3
TVP - see Textured Vegetable Protein
Tyrosine - derived from milk casein,
found in skin products. 14
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