My day started off the same, went to class came home decided to ACTUALLY do some productive studying and be a good student, yet as I login to my computer avoiding distractions at all costs (facebook/youtube etc) my younger brother send me a message that a highschool teacher that we both had when we were attending school in North Vancouver was convicted of sexual assault—
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101014/bc_retired_teacher_sex_charges_101014/20101014?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
And as I continued to search for more articles it seems as though there was a relationship between himself and the student. None the less this leads me to what I meant to blog about. As I was on ctv.ca I also came across this product ban by Health Canada for the infamous Brazilian Blowout hair treatment.
This is something I heard my hair stylist complain about as well she told me two of her colleagues quit due to nausea and headaches associated with this supposedly natural acai based hair treatment used to leave women with sleek smooth hair using a more natural product than the chemically straightening. The bottle says formaldehyde free on it, yet tests done by Health Canada have found 12 times the safe amount of formaldehyde in the the product. HOW HOW HOW can an american based company say on their bottle FORMALDEHYDE FREE and have copious amounts of formaldehyde in it? This reminds me that the labels on our products in some sense mean nothing… and I am glad I didn’t end up getting a brazilian blowout this summer!
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101012/bc_brazilian_blowout_suit_grows_101012/20101012/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome