Good Guide

So, while I was investigating my cosmetics for carcinogens and the like (a daunting thing if you ever want to look at what you wear the same way again), I came across this wonderful website: http://www.goodguide.com/.
Good Guide is great for looking up products (cosmetics, cleaners, breakfast cereals, desserts, etc.) and seeing not just how they rate up as far as health, but also how their companies score on eco and societal friendliness. They rate each company on things like energy efficiency, corporate ethics, and labour ethics. This is a wonderful tool for me- I can now truly support companies that match my values!

So far my favourites are quite predictable:
burt's bees, kashi, silver hills bakery (mmm Squirrelly bread), nature's path

But the terrible raters were not so predictable. Weight watchers traditional grains bread, for instance- a health score of 0. Icky Acesulfame for sweetening (according to medicinenet.com, this kind of sucks as far as living a long life is concerned). Oh and the company is crap in the environment and social categories.

Anyhoo, Long and short of it is that I have wasted a lot of time on this site. It's fun, you just look around the house and type products into the database, and shock your stepmom with how likely it is to die from everything in the house :) No but really, I am not that morbid or paranoid, although I may never eat wonder bread again.