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Discovered at the Target (Wylie, TX) greeting cards isle

According to a recent White House report, the stresses and pressures of being a woman in the U.S. at this time are still pretty high.

In the arena of health, for instance:

• Women still have longer life expectancy than men, but the gap is decreasing.
• More women than men report having a chronic health condition.
• More than one-third of all women aged 20 and older are obese.
• Less than half of all women meet the Federal guidelines for aerobic activity.
• And there are increases in the number of women without adequate preventive health care or health insurance.†

And along the lines of economic well-being:

• More women than men have received a graduate education and women’s gains in educational attainment have significantly outpaced those of men.
• Yet the pay gap between men and women persists, with women earning about 75% of their equally educated male counterparts.
• Female-headed familes have the lowest family earnings of all family types.
• Women are more likely than men to be in poverty.†

Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being. U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration; Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; White House Council on Women and Girls. March 2011.

Johnson's Baby Shampoo

If you purchased Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Shampoo or Wal-Mart brand Equate Tearless Baby Wash, you may want to stop using it. A class action lawsuit has been approved this month that claims these products may contain a toxin linked to cancer.

The class action lawsuit, filed earlier this year, accuses Johnson & Johnson and Wal-Mart Stores of selling shampoo and baby wash that allegedly contains methylene chloride, an ingredient banned by the FDA in cosmetics because it’s linked to cancer. The law firm that filed the lawsuit is also investigating Target’s Night-time Bath and Body Wash, which is not currently named in the suit.

A third Johnson & Johnson plant is now also under investigation for alleged quality concerns. The new Johnson & Johnson plant is one that manufactures Pepcid and Mylanta among other products.

What to do? The Natural Power suggests considering Shaklee Baby

You can read the details on that investigation at Legafi.