The Iron Ring

I was at a fantastic conference this past weekend in Boston. I attended both for my science career and for my writing career. And I found a few more careers worth pursuing while I was there as well. In any case, an exhibitor from the National Library of Medicine directed me to this website where you can look up household products to see how safe they are!

So of course, I went directly to facial moisturizers and found mine (Neutrogena SPF 15). For “Health Rating” it gets an ‘N’ which means the manufacturer did not provide information. So I decided to look up something potentially more harmful but often used in my home; lysol. I grew up in a lysol home so I have likely had higher than average exposure. The database covers many lysol products, but I picked the Basin Tub and Tile Cleaner. Good news; no known carcinogens in there. Health Rating: 1.

Might take a few days to look up my favorite products but I’ll let you know what I uncover.