Angelique, thank you for that post. I suppose I have a bit of a leg-up on VG as I am a soapmaker, and it's another of those hobbies which "Big Biz" likes to "warn" people about because lye is used. What they don't tell people is that lye is also used in commercial soap production, but the glycerin (the G in VG) is removed, making commercial soaps detergents, not soap.
Glycerin in soap is greatly desired and a natural byproduct of the saponification process. It is a humectant and attracts moisture in all kinds of wonderful ways.
What I didn't know, and found most interesting, were the studies you cited. Who knew? Nobody, and it's probably on purpose. Could you imagine the outcry, the screaming, the renting of cloth, the ashes spread about (analog or not)? Holy cow! "You're pumping WHAT into little Jimmy's air? Glycerin?! Soap?! You're putting soap into the air? No wonder he doesn't eat all of his morning Twinkie!"
I absolutely detest alarmists. I spend a good amount of time searching out the fire that's supposed to be indicated by the smoke, and find a good number of these "alarming issues" to be intertwined with some interest group or another. I'm a facts person. I'll take the word of a chemist over that of the FDA, and personal experience over the opinion of someone standing on the street with a bullhorn.
So, thank you so much, everyone. I am enjoying the information, the discussions, and will see what it takes to start a group for us Feather Freaks.
Glycerin in soap is greatly desired and a natural byproduct of the saponification process. It is a humectant and attracts moisture in all kinds of wonderful ways.
What I didn't know, and found most interesting, were the studies you cited. Who knew? Nobody, and it's probably on purpose. Could you imagine the outcry, the screaming, the renting of cloth, the ashes spread about (analog or not)? Holy cow! "You're pumping WHAT into little Jimmy's air? Glycerin?! Soap?! You're putting soap into the air? No wonder he doesn't eat all of his morning Twinkie!"
I absolutely detest alarmists. I spend a good amount of time searching out the fire that's supposed to be indicated by the smoke, and find a good number of these "alarming issues" to be intertwined with some interest group or another. I'm a facts person. I'll take the word of a chemist over that of the FDA, and personal experience over the opinion of someone standing on the street with a bullhorn.
So, thank you so much, everyone. I am enjoying the information, the discussions, and will see what it takes to start a group for us Feather Freaks.
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