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First they came for your light bulbs. Now Obama’s EPA is going after your soap.
The Daily Caller ^ | 4/1/11 | Stacy Mott

Posted on 04/01/2011 9:30:32 AM PDT by Nachum

You can’t blame Americans for feeling as though the government is increasingly crossing boundaries and reaching into their daily lives. The Obama administration and regulatory authorities such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appear to be coming at us on all fronts.

The Republican-led Congress has been steadfast in its efforts to beat back the EPA. Recent committee hearings have exposed the adverse consequences that the EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions will have on the job market. Unfortunately for hardworking Americans, the cost of the EPA’s action will make energy prices higher, drive jobs overseas and force more citizens into the unemployment line. Under the Obama administration, the EPA has been transformed into a job-killing machine.

The EPA is donning a new title, as well — “nanny state” behemoth. While many are aware of the fight against cap and trade and the EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, the totality of their smaller actions, which often go unnoticed, is starting to add up. They already tell us what kinds of light bulbs we can use and how much water we are allowed to have in our toilets. Now, they have their sights set on our soap.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antibacterial; bulbs; epa; light; soap; triclosan
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To: Nachum

The problem is not the soap, but the anti-bacterial agent, triclosan. Studies have shown triclosan can interfere with the body’s thyroid hormone metabolism and health groups have requested the EPA to stop its widespread use. The difficulty isn’t the one time you wash your hands, but the inadvertent high doses people are receiving because it is in so many products. This is especially a concern for children in public schools where the administration mandates the use of hand sanitizers, wet wipes, and anti-bacteria soaps.


21 posted on 04/01/2011 9:52:23 AM PDT by Madam Theophilus
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To: madison10
Obama administration: The world’s longest lasting “April” Fool’s joke.

"Fools" are the ones who voted for the userper Kenyan who would be King and his commie minions from Hell: Pelosi and Reid. The gift that keeps on giving, and the Hades Evil Triad has been a very bad joke for America. I hope we survive.

22 posted on 04/01/2011 10:00:16 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Right Wing Assault

My new dishwasher seems to get the job done without Phosphates.
Of course it runs about 45 minutes longer than my old dishwasher, hot water and all.

I put a teaspoon of Savogran TSP in it and set it at it’s lowest cycle just to help out a bit with my electic bill.


23 posted on 04/01/2011 10:00:21 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Nachum


Paper Street Soap Company may be a group you don't want to offend.
24 posted on 04/01/2011 10:04:27 AM PDT by King_Corey (www.kingcorey.com)
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To: Jo Nuvark

I heard they are pulling yet another Freon stunt.
Soon we will all have to buy yet newer air conditioners with serious high pressure plumbing to make the even crappier substitute work within it in order to cool ourselves down soon.
great.


25 posted on 04/01/2011 10:04:27 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: GOPJ
Your dishwasher's not getting the dishes clean - your toilet won't flush, new light bulbs give you a headaches, the french fries you eat taste like cardboard? Thank a liberal.

Don't forget the environmentally friendly gas cans that cause more spills than the evaporation they prevent. Arghhh.
26 posted on 04/01/2011 10:08:29 AM PDT by ConservativeByChoice
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To: Nachum

***Now, they have their sights set on our soap.***

As long as I can get lye and lard I am OK.

Ban lye and I will use wood ashes.
Ban lard and I will raise and KILL my own pigs.

Stock up on incadesent bulbs, and buy and install a toilet from Mexico.
Hand sanitizer? Use rubbing alcohol.


27 posted on 04/01/2011 10:09:51 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
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To: Madam Theophilus
Triclosan was developed to replace phisohex (hexachlorophene)after the latter was removed from the market over unfounded worries about it being a cacinogen, although it did seem to be related to some kinds of neuropathies in infants exposed to high doses. None of the replacements have been as effective and most have their own problems.

Triclosan is in lots of products. Just check your toothpaste.

28 posted on 04/01/2011 10:10:06 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Dead Corpse

Ha, Ha...we make our own soap, have for several years...’grandma’s lye soap’...use it in the laundry, and for bathing...we use TSP in the laundry as well to improve the cleaning. And we use hydrogen peroxide for sanitation (not the drugstore 3% variety, btw).


29 posted on 04/01/2011 10:11:12 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: ConservativeByChoice

Good point. We need to make a list of all things we can
‘thank a liberal’ for...


30 posted on 04/01/2011 10:20:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: himno hero
Within an hour he will outlaw the traditional right hand handshake as it is “crusader and unsanitary”

When liberals get all of us down to 'one square of toilet paper' if might be necessary...

31 posted on 04/01/2011 10:22:14 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: Dead Corpse

Might not need lye - liberals are so full of lies it would be overkill.


32 posted on 04/01/2011 10:25:03 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: mowowie

Where does one come by Trisodium Phosphate?


33 posted on 04/01/2011 10:26:09 AM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: mowowie

Make your own

http://www.ehow.com/how_4809019_natural-antibacterial-soap.html


34 posted on 04/01/2011 10:26:26 AM PDT by sheana
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To: mowowie

They’re going to have to pay for, deliver, and pay for the power for the “new” AC. We cannot afford another appliance. Who’s idea is this, GE’s?


35 posted on 04/01/2011 10:38:36 AM PDT by madison10
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To: algernonpj
FYI…


Amazon.com
1.2 pds @ $10.80 (dispense by teaspoon)

36 posted on 04/01/2011 10:39:58 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (The 'Land of Opportunity'... NOW BECOMING... The 'Land of Entitlements'!!!)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

Thanks !


37 posted on 04/01/2011 10:41:48 AM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: Madam Theophilus

True that. They had some school children become very ill because they were licking the anti-bacterial soaps off their hands. The soap smelled good and these were little children.


38 posted on 04/01/2011 10:44:22 AM PDT by madison10
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To: algernonpj

“Where does one come by Trisodium Phosphate?”

Savogran, a company right up the street where my mom used to work makes some.
It’s called TSP.
They sell it at Home Depot.
Buy the red box, Don’t buy the green box, it’s fake TSP.

http://www.savogran.com/Retail_Products/Cleaning_Products/cleaning_products.html

We used it to clean some tile grout last week and it worked amazing.
Actually the stuff has like a thousand cleaning soulutions.
Have a fridge in the garage that was getting moldy, TSP cleaned it like nothing recently.
it’s good for floors and dishwasher,laundry etc.


39 posted on 04/01/2011 10:46:25 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: madison10

From what i gathered back a few years ago Dupont itself lobbied congress to ban their own freon because their patent was about to run out??
Now we got the newer less efficient stuff and they are getting ready to do it again.
I really do not have all the details.


40 posted on 04/01/2011 10:50:51 AM PDT by mowowie
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