Yeah. It can seem like a total overreaction to bring a kid in for a sore throat and fever because it might be just a virus, but it’s so important. Better safe than scarlet fever, that’s what I always say.

Just if anyone’s curious, scarlet fever starts with strep throat and then classically presents with a red rash that feels like sandpaper and usually spreads from the face/neck down your body. Also what’s called a “strawberry tongue” — bright red and bumpy, sometimes with a white film.

I agree. That part of the response was more to the suggestion that SLS causes cancer. In other words, causing an allergic reaction is a reason to label whether it is in the product, but not a valid reason to remove it from circulation (which would be the case if it was a carcinogen). I think we all agree with that, I…

That’s true and this may very well be something they were unaware of. But if you specifically market your product in a way that requires extra monitoring (kosher, peanut free, etc), you are required (or should be, I don’t know the law) to ensure that whoever is producing your product is following guidelines so that…

That’s an optimistic way of looking at it. I assumed she either a) didn’t read the article she linked or b) was deliberately misleading readers to up the drama.

Their diapers suck.

I agree. That’s why I’ve said that what they did was wrong.

I 100% whole heartedly agree. That’s why I started my comment with “This sucks because they are lying to consumers” and then followed up with “if you’re going to play to peoples’ irrational fear you have to commit to it. It’s pretty low to gouge people out of their money and then give them what they could have bought…

Well, that’s why it’s horrible that they did this. Since you know you have an allergy, you avoid SLS and buy products that explicitly mention not using it. They lied in their labeling and that’s awful for many reasons, not the least of which being that it really fucks over people with allergies. Labeling exists for a…

That’s the key — I think Honest Company’s shtick is for the most part bullshit, but if you’re going to play to peoples’ irrational fear you have to commit to it. It’s pretty low to gouge people out of their money and then give them what they could have bought for half the price at CVS.

This sucks because they are lying to consumers. It does bear mentioning though that contrary to what’s implied here, SLS is non carcinogenic and the concerns about it are largely fear mongering nonsense about chemicals (as discussed in the very link you include in your article).

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The case in the linked abstract was from a 61 year old woman. It’s been a while since I’ve read the full article so I can’t remember the age range of the donors or whether there was any correlation between age of uterus or prior pregnancies and successful transplants.

Yes, all were from living donors. I think in most cases it was from the patient’s mother.

Just for context of what this means for the procedure moving forward, Sweden is currently the only country in the world to have performed successful uterine transplants. The program operated on 9 women (all from living donors) and 5 have given birth to healthy babies (transplants were done in 2 other countries: Saudi…

If anyone else is interested in finding out this information, you can find drinking water quality (CCR) reports on the EPA website and find surface water quality info here. Your water company is required to provide you with this information, so if you can’t find it online, you can contact them as well.