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Phil's Blog: Stink On This

By Phil of Green Shaman

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By Team Planet Green
Fri Feb 5, 2010 12:12

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I don't consider myself a particularly neat person, but I like to care of business when it comes to body odor. I was certain when I went to my local market that the stick deodorant I bought was going to be one seriously super green smart stink squelcher. You know, the non-aerosol kind. No ozone depletion. No problem. Well, guess who appeared suddenly. Right in my bathroom! Yep. And he laid this one on me: my stick deodorant is NOT as enviro-awesome as I thought it was. Turns out it's got petro-chemicals, and triclosan is often used as an ingredient. Tricloslan is a tough anti-bacterial agent that doesn't get filtered out during waste water treatment. Blurph. Spirit Eagle showed up and told me to drop some Baking Soda on my funk, but I discovered there are some herbal deodes that might do the trick. Man, I wish I could put a Spirit Lock on the bathroom door.

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