Scents also trigger/worsen migraines for my long-suffering wife. So, I look
for unscented baby powder, unscented pet litter, and we've given up on buying
laundry soap. We make our own, which eliminates the scent problem as well as
95% of the cost.
I don't know what we're going to do when Bush's stupid energy bill phases out
incandescent light bulbs in 2012. Yup.... florescent lights.... yet another
trigger. Not to mention that the CFL bulbs are terrible. They don't live up
to their longevity promises. I was stymied at first trying to figure out how
to dispose of the damn things. Finally I got it. Since government seems to
be the cause of most our troubles and I live a mere 15 miles away from our
state's governor's mansion, I just drive by and toss them at her house. It
only seems fair, even though she has no direct responsibility for pushing this
stuff.
--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Dan Nave <bhangcha...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dan Nave <bhangcha...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: CS>Baby Powder....
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 11:29 PM
I avoid it because of the smell...
Dan
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Steve G <chube...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Someone just posted about talc containing asbestos fiber in the old days......
that got me to thinking.
I've avoided all baby powders that include talc for years due to an article I
read in Science News way back when that said that the use of talc causes lung
scarring at any age. So, that leaves baby powder made of corn starch.
Now, my wife (perhaps all women?) is really into using baby powder. A pain in
the butt as it coats everything in the bathroom. Now I'm thinking, well
maybe she is breathing in the corn starch into her lungs. Not a problem for
most folks, but as I've posted recently, any time she consumes food or drink
that has corn starch, corn oil, corn syrup etc. she has severe migraines for
about 3 days.
On her 'good' days, she has just regular migraines. Her last day without a
migraine was in 2006. Not much of a life.
Now.... what if using the cornstarch style of baby powder is causing the
ongoing migraines?
Who knows?
