9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is the story about the world obsessed with stuffs 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's a story about systems and crisis 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We're trashing the planet, we're trashing each other 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and we're not even having fun 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The good thing is that when we start to understand the system 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 we start to see lots of places to step in and turn these problems into solutions 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Can I tell you: I love my Pantene proV 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 of the personal soap products that I use everyday 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the one I can't live without 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It said it gives my hair the ultimate cool shine 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 how does it do that? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was wondering that when I was lattering my hair one day 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So I read the ingredients right here 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What is this stuff? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I took this list to some scientists who know how to read it 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Turn out my Pantene could have the potential link to cancer 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and lots of my other products in my bathroom 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 from suncream to lipstick and even baby shampoo 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 also contain chemical ? cancer 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or other problems like learning disability, asthma or even damaged sperms 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Like most parent, I try to keep my family safe 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but now I find out my bathroom is a minefield of toxin 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What are we supposed to do? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 To find out the answer, we have to go back to the key feature 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 of our material economy 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Toxic in, toxic out 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 If at the factory, you put the toxic chemical into a product like baby shampoo 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you're gonna wind up with toxic baby shampoo 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and toxic in workers, community, and, ta-ha, baby 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So let's take a closer look at this toxic outrage that seems ruin our lives everyday 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In the bathroom, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the average woman in the US uses 12 personal care products daily 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the average man about 6 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Each product contain a dozen or more chemicals 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Less than 20% of chemicals in cosmetic has been assessed by the industry safety panel 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So we just don't know what they do to us when we use them 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Would you find an airline that only inspect 20% of its planes? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Of course not all of the chemicals are dangerous 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but we know that many are. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Some are Carcinogens. That means that they can cause cancers. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Others are neurotoxins and reproductive toxins 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 proven to mess up brain development and reproduction in animals. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Wait a minute! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We're animal too! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's like a giant experiment 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We're using all these mystery chemicals and just waiting to see what happens. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 One thing we do know is that they're getting inside us. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I had my body toxicity level tested 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and I'm loaded with things like Mercury, Flame Retardants, Triclosan and Lead 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We all are 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Even babies being pre-polluted 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Now I know we can't live in a lead-free world 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but we have to put it on a lipstick? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't know 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Maybe it's my fault 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 maybe I've just bought the wrong thing 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 At the store, the choices seem endless 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I can get lipsticks in 49 shades 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or shampoos for hair.... dry 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but what about the choices that really matter? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 like the choice for my products that are safe 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It turns out the important decision just don't happen when I choose the products off the shelf. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They happen with companies and governments decide which products to go on the shelf. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So who are these companies? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is Procter and Gamble 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They are the one offering me herbal essenses 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the number 2 shampoo in the country 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It contains toxic petrol chemicals made from oil 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Since when is the oil an herb? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 On cosmetic label, words like "herbal", "natural" or even "organic" have no legal definitions. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That means that anybody can put anything on a bottle and call it "natural". 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And they do 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I mean can you imagine a top seller called Petro essenses? Gross! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What's even nastier is the hair relaxer marketed for 5 year olds. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and skin whitening creams 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 These are super toxic 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 both in the ingredients and in the message they send about what beauty is 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Oh, here's Estee Lauder offering me a chance to find a cure for breast cancer 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That's nice! But wait, they're also using the chemicals link to cancers 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Don't you think the best way for Estee Lauder to fight cancers 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to stop using those chemicals in the first place? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So really, I get to choose between a meaningless claim on a bottle 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but these guys get the real choice about what go into those bottles 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And that happens back here 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 at the factory with the formulated 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Why does the maker of these products use all these toxic? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Are they try to poisoning us? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 No. They're just working from a 1950's mindset 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 when people were totally wrapped up in better living through chemistry. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In the hostile excitement, they forgot to worry about human health's impact 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That was years ago and they're still using the same old toxic chemicals 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Today, big cosmetic companies say that those are poison in the products are small enough to be harmless 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Yeah maybe for using once a year 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I guess they never get out and see that their products are being used in combine with other products everyday 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 A little toxic doze into your arms, a little more in your hair, on your lips 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And workers in nail and hair salons get those all day long 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So the industry is used to doing thing this way 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And they can 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Because even now the scientists have linked the chemicals we're using to all sort of problems 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there are no law to get rid of them 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You