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[serene]

This is potentially interesting. A teacher at Cal (I found out about this in my employee newsletter thingy) has developed a website that rates products based on a number of axes, including the social and environmental impacts of the products. Quoting the website, GoodGuide.com:

* What chemicals are in your baby shampoo?
* Was sweatshop labor used to make your t-shirt?
* What products are the best, and what products should you avoid?

Increasingly, you want to know about the impacts of the products you buy. On your health. On the environment. On society. But unless you’ve got a Ph.D, it is almost impossible to find out the impacts of the products you buy. Until now…

GoodGuide provides the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of the products in your home.

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[switchybitch.livejournal.com]

I use the GoodGuide application on my iPhone. Especially useful when out shopping and, like me, don't know most of the brands from a ball of chalk.