Re: Meandering Jerri Type Post

"Jette"  wrote ...
> Back in the 70s "green apple" scented shampoo was all the rage.  I 
> used it - like everyone else - but noticed that I kept getting an 
> itchy scalp, but I didn't have dandruff - then I read the ingredients 
> on the shampoo, and saw "formaldehyde" listed.
> 
> Now I remembered that in Biology class we'd used diluted formaldehyde 
> to cause worms to come to the surface of the ground so we could count 
> them.  It irritated the skin of the worms, so they surfaced to try to 
> get rid of the irritation.  So I stopped using the shampoo and the 
> itch went away - now I check all shampoos for suspicious ingredients.


It's a wonder we're still alive.

Annie