Gwyneth Paltrow Shampoo Cancer Fear
Gwyneth Paltrow has come under fire from health experts after she warned shampoo could lead to cancer.
Members of the medical community wish the star would keep her Goop.com advice doling limited to snippets about diet and execise.
The actress said her concerns arose after she read research about what she calls “environmental toxins,” which are found in products such as shampoo and lotion.
“A couple of years ago I was asked to give a quote for a book concerning environmental toxins and their effects on our children. While reading up on the subject, I was seized with fear about what the research said.”
Gwyn’s in trouble after issuing a public warning, purporting to expose reportedly the dangers of shampoo last week, saying, “Fetuses, infants and toddlers are basically unable to metabolize toxins the way adults are, and we are constantly filling our environment with chemicals that may or may not be safe.”
Bacteriologist professor Hugh Pennington begs to differ. The good doctor insists that unless you drink shampoo in large quantities, it is safe.
“It does annoy me when celebrities use their position to spout nonsense,” Pennington blasted the Oscar-winning actress in an interview with The Mirror on Monday. “They have a perfect right to their views, even if they are loopy, but they do hold a position of influence.”
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On April 7th 2009, justgroovy wrote:
What? Gwyneth speaks about something she knows nothing about? What’s the use of all that fame unless you can spread your ill-informed ignorance around? I mean, if a college drop-out (a divinity major; how hard could that have been?) can become the world’s foremost expert on methane gas emissions and their effect on temperatures in Bogota why can’t Gwyneth have some fun.
The ex-vice president becomes a climate expert, a skinny, barely educated (also a college dropout) actress became an expert in human physiology and toxins, and the ultra-slutty Madonna (yes, yes, another college drop-out) is a mom several times over. Holy crap! Karma is a killer sometimes if you take life too seriously.