I’ve talked before about how lotions work, and skin absorption rates, and the claims of certain cosmetics manufacturers that they have a product which will “penetrate the skin” and do magical mystical (usually anti-aging) things. But we know, unless a product has been deliberately designed to penetrate multiple skin layers, the skin doesn’t let much […]

Some science stories are echoed all over the media and quickly. Here are a couple of common headings for a recent story: “Psychopaths’ Brains Wired to Seek Rewards, No Matter What the Cost” and “Psychopaths Produce Excessive Dopamine.” The original story is in Nature Neuroscience under the website title Psychopathic traits correlate with hyperreactive dopamine […]

Recently a bill has been proposed in Colorado, the ‘Colorado Safe Personal Care Products Act‘.  Hearings on the bill begin in March. The bill would prohibit the sale of “…any personal care product that contains a chemical identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity.”  On the face of it, that sounds logical. I mean, who […]