The Daily Skunk

Today I was looking at the ingredients listed on a package of carmel rolls (or something similar to a carmel roll) from Walmart. The last ingredient listed on the package was Propylene Glycol. Immediately I recognized this ingredient as one that I had looked up not long ago when I found it listed on my can of shaving cream. Turns out in shaving cream and other moisturizer’s it is used for deeper moisturizing penetration into our skin - that is what I remembered from the last time I looked it up - couldn’t find the source.

So, when I looked it up today, this is some of the info I found…

As listed on Chemical.net

Some Uses of Propylene glycol:

• As a moisturizer in medicines, cosmetics, food, and tobacco products
• As a medical lubricant
• As a solvent for food colors and flavourings
• As a food additive for moisture
• In fragrance oils
• As a non-toxic antifreeze
• In smoke machines to make artificial smoke
• In hand sanitizers, lotions, and saline solutions
• As a main ingredient in many cosmetic products, including baby wipes, bubble baths, deodorants and shampoos
• As a base ingredient in aircraft de-icing fluid and some automobile antifreezes
• As a working fluid in hydraulic presses
• To regulate humidity in a cigar humidor
• As the killing and preserving agent in pitfall traps, usually used to capture ground beetles.
• To treat livestock ketosis.

WTF!!!

The 2 that really stand out here and should be alarming are: 1) A food additive for moisture 2) As the killing and preserving agent in pitfall traps, usually used to capture ground beetles.

Wikipedia states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene_glycol :

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined that propylene glycol in or on cat food has not been shown by adequate scientific data to be safe for use. Use of propylene glycol in or on cat food causes the feed to be adulterated and in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 21CFR589.1001

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined propylene glycol to be “generally recognized as safe” for use in food, cosmetics, and medicines. Like ethylene glycol, propylene glycol affects the body’s chemistry by increasing the amount of acid. Propylene glycol is metabolized into lactic acid, which occurs naturally as muscles are exercised, while ethylene glycol is metabolized into oxalic acid, which is toxic”.

The point I’m trying to make here is not to point out another unscrupulous act of Walmart. This is obviously an acceptable food additive. Propylene Glycol isn’t the only one we should fear, there are many more.

I’m trying to bring some awareness to the fact that much of the food on the shelves is laced with poisons in the name of food preservation, enhanced taste, etc…

In my humble opinion, I literally think that the preservatives in the foods we eat are the number one initiator of most cancers and many other health problems. I’m not ruling out genetics or other known factors that cause cancer and other health problems.

So the 2 things I hope you take away from this post are to start being vigilant about label reading - not to necessarily remove all the nasty foods you consume, but at the least you will know what poisons you are consuming, as I do - and to be grateful that the FDA was able to determine that a preservative used in our food is not safe to be used in or on cat food.

William

Today I was searching for a vitamin supplement and somehow stumbled upon a site called boingboing.net.

We are strikingly similar to them (they have been around for much longer), and I imagine to several other sites as well.

Anyway, take a look at their site. I haven’t had much time to go through it yet, but I found this on there and it’s frick’n hilarious.

http://seapagan.org/pagan-hierarchy/pagan-hierarchy.gif

I guess if you don’t find this funny, that probably says a lot about the differences in our humor.

Anyway, if you are reading this and haven’t posted anything yet or lately, get some inspiration from boingboing.net and post something on the skunk.

Have a great day.

William