rocklady

When I was painting, we warned about cadmium yellow. It could be absorbed through your skin and is toxic.

tessagin

when I bring any clothes home new or old I always wash. as far as the yellow dye, I think it depends on where they get the product to make the yellow. Just another one of those you can't eat this, breathe this or look at this. So many dyes are derived from so many sources. Used to be certain plants with certain colored stamens were the sources of dyes and vegetable and berries and fruits. Look how we have to be careful about prewashing certain batiks and such. Nothing wrong with being careful but some media out in our vast world like to create a neurosis about certain things.

nativetexan

bad things. I try hard never to buy dishes made in China due to lead they put in everything. why our Government keeps importing their mess is beyond me. World commerce. I bought a floor lamp and found a paper in the box telling me to wash my hands after assembling it due to lead. grrrr. I did, of course. so, we must be vigilante in most things we do.

lots2do

I took a class from a fabric designer in the past few years. She said that if our fabric was dyed and made here in the US, we wouldn't have such vibrant colors due to our EPA etc. regulations. I'm glad we have those regulations but it does feel kind of scary that other people could be suffering the consequences of the demand for colorful fabrics and clothing.

corklass44

I ALWAYS wash my clothes before I wear them.....just the way I was brought up I guess.

linkd

Well... be careful that they don't decide to use this cool green that comes from mashing poison oak leaves, or figure out how to capture the orangey red from the pyrocantha berries out my window. Mistletoe berries are a beautiful cream color maybe it would give us the perfect color. Oleander has beautiful flowers in a couple of shades of pink.

I think I'll just confine my self to cloth dyed with a Sonoma red wine - probably get me drunker than the pyrocantha berries get the birds... but can't wash it out - who knows what is in the detergent and bleach that that would take.

bearisgray

One can even die from drinking too much water at one time

Some "natural/organic/derived from plants" substances are among the most toxic on this planet

FroggyinTexas

Hey, folks! It's not the media making up this stuff. I am a former newspaper reporter and what we printed and what TV news reports is whatever researchers reported to us. What you really want to know is (1) who did the research, (2) who paid for the research, (3) does anyone stand to make money off this research? I have become very skeptical of researchers who are paid by companies that stand to gain from an overly optimistic report about a product in development or stand to gain from an overly pessimistic report about a competitors product. If you are worried about yellow dye, either don't buy anything yellow or launder it before using. froggyintexas

lynnie

actuaoully you can die from drinking too much water. you can drown yourself. read an article about a \couple tht make their 3 yo drink a lot of water. the kids brain swelled and she died. I used to drink 3 gallons of water a day.
the doctor took me off water. my ankles swelled and I was washing electrolites out of my system. I was allowed to drink 2 quarts of Gatorade a day for 2 weeks till I lost some water.

I always wash my cloths b4 wearing new. you don't know what the person b4 did to the cloths in th store. or what they have. too many hands touch the cloths you wear before you leave the store.

tessagin

I just watched a video on making home made cream for eczema, rash and the cream was made with the calendula blossom petals. This could also be used as a dye. You can go to the YouTube video on OurLittleHalfAcre. "Beverly" and her husband are homesteaders. Very interesting videos. She has a disclaimer that she is not an authority or professional but uses recipes from natural home grown products. I've already made a batch of softener for clothes out of white vinegar and water. So nice to havesoft clothes that don't smelllike so many of the godawful perfumes.