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    Radon

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    I just wanted to remind everyone about the importance of having your home tested for radon which greatly increases the risk of lung cancer.

    After I was diagnosed, we had our basement tested and it tested "High". We tested it first with a device we ordered off of the internet (~$100) and then had the test confirmed with a local man. They then put a pipe under our house that runs to above our roof.

    Our whole family has always spent a lot of time in our basement (it's our rec room) and I sure wish we would have tested years before. After we had our home tested, we're trying to have all of our family and friend's homes tested, too.

    Make-up Question

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    Thanks for everyone's responses.

    Annie - I probably do need to not put so much on my brush but in the morning rush, I'm pretty much just slappin' it on :oops:

    Melinda - After reading your post, I went out and bought deoderant that doesn't contain aluminum. The salesperson said that it doesn't seem to last as long a the regular stuff and she often has to reapply it once during the day. I don't really see me being able to remember to reapply so I had my husband swear that he'd tell me if I started to stink :shock:

    Heather - I'm like you, I'm trying to get out everything in my environment that I know may be potentially harmful. As far as the cleaning products go, my friends paid for a cleaning lady while I was receiving chemo and since I've been off the chemo I have had her continue (so NO contact with cleaning supplies - although if you saw my house before I was diagnosed, you'd know there weren't a whole lot of cleaning products being used before) :wink:

    Here is the list of ingredients in the various products I use - let me know if you know anything about these:

    bismoth oxychloride

    titanium dioxide

    iron oxide

    aluminum starch octenylsuccinate

    magnesium stearate

    zinc stearate

    methylparaben

    propylparaben

    ultramarines

    mica

    Thanks again to everyone-

    Make-up Question

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    I know this is dumb but here goes anyway . . .

    I've been using Bare Minerals make-up for about 1 1/2 years (you know, it's the brush on powder stuff on the infomercials).

    It really does make mess with all the dust from it when I put it on. I also need to put it on before I put my contacts in or it gets in my eyes and on my contacts.

    I started thinking maybe it's not a great idea for me to be inhaling all of this stuff in to my lungs. I really do like the make-up (let's just say I have "problem" skin) but I don't want to hurt my lungs.

    I'm asking for your thougths: Do you think I should stop using this make-up or not? Does anyone else use this type of make-up?

    Thanks

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