Showering Might Kill You

FOLLOW JAMES BOND’S ADVICE AND TAKE A BATH INSTEAD

By The FITS Gals

FITSNews – June 17, 2008 – True, we probably won’t have jobs when Sic Willie gets back and discovers we put a naked picture of Daniel Craig up on his blog! Oh well, just like Sic’s “breast exam awareness” efforts, we are doing it for a good cause – specifically, shower safety.

From FoodConsumer.org:

The title of the report: “Volatile Vinyl – The New Shower Curtain’s Chemical Smell” may be deemed alarmist by some sceptical critics, but its content should be nothing to ignore. The 44-page report summarizes a two-part study carried out on plastic shower curtains purchased from Bed Bath and Beyond, Kmart, Sears, Target and Wal-Mart. The report provides some detailed insight into the nature of this type of curtains and lists the various chemicals and harmful elements contained which can be dangerous to our health.

For further clarification, the PVC shower curtains were tested for two things, the concentrations of chemicals involved in the make-up of these curtains and the volatile organic compounds (VOC) present when unpacked. These volatile organic compounds are released into the atmosphere after these curtains are unpacked and hung up.

Volatile organic compounds? Yikes! Looks like baths are back, baby … particularly if there’s a yummy James Bond hunk waiting in yours!

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