Good reason not to shower for a while

[imported_Imp]

Hope you haven't been using these for the last 20 years like I have...

Plastic Vinyl Shower Curtain = toxic

 

[Gibson486]

i don't care. Everything will kill us, eventually.

 

[chorb]

im sure the pros of taking a showers outweigh the cons of a brief exposure to vinyl smell

 

[Oyeve]

Geez, I cant believe it took them 50 years to realize this.

 

[dainthomas]

The main cause of death is life.

 

[amdskip]

I like the new vinyl kind of smell.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Who was that guy who was paranoid around here a few days ago... ?

 

[StinkyMojo]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Who was that guy who was paranoid around here a few days ago... ?

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2196029

 

[Vehemence]

You mean I shouldn't fuck my shower curtains any more?

 

[cavemanmoron]

I have always hated that new plastic/vinyl stink.

I have been using a cloth shower curtain, for almost 10 years;
and I wash it as needed,
{normally about 2-3 times a year}.


For most of my life I had no "shower" and had to take a bath.

 

[polarmystery]

Shower? WTF is shower?

Now you're just making up words!

 

[oddyager]

Meh, if it's not this, its the exhaust from the gillion vehicles and general air pollution all over lower manhattan.

 

[KeithTalent]

The only good reason I can think of not to shower is if, say, Scarlett Johannsen licked my entire body and I wanted to keep her saliva one with my body forever. Otheriwse I'm showering every day, toxic shower curtain be damned!.

KT

 

[waggy]

i take my shower yearly if i need or not! no darn risk is going to stop me!@

 

[imported_Imp]

I'm surprised no one's come in saying they have shower "doors" instead of curtains yet.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: Imp
I'm surprised no one's come in saying they have shower "doors" instead of curtains yet.

My shower doesn't have a door or curtain. It's just made in an L shape.

 

[uberman]

Remember the vinyl products recalled from Wal-Mart. They contained lead, it's something used in the manufacturing process. Of course they were from China.

I used to cut up vinyl and hammer steaks through it to flatten cuts of meat for certain recipes. Like pork cutlets flattened and fried like veal.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I have one, got it from IKEA...they have never smellt before....not sure what you guys are talking about!

 

[Jeff7]

I'll take a guess it's because of pthalates and other VOC's again.


.....and the article confirms this. Surprise, surprise.

"New car smell" is another of those things - it's a result of various toxic compounds evaporating from components of the car.




Other than that, the article in the "Health" section amuses me.
A picture of a woman in a bikini, and a caption, "Vitamin D: Boning up on the sunshine vitamin."
Tee hee.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

I use a hose out in the yard.

Oh damn! the hose is kind of vinyl-y

 

[MisterJackson]

I bought a new curtain from Target the other day. It had such a strong odor upstairs for two days that it was unbearable to be up there. I got some pretty vicious headaches from it, and I've never had that kind of reaction before.

It passed though. No longer smells.

That, and that white powder shit all over new curtains can't be good for you either.

 

[olds]

The French have nothing to worry about.
/obligatory remark

 

[CrimsonChaos]

Originally posted by: Imp
I'm surprised no one's come in saying they have shower "doors" instead of curtains yet.

One of our showers has a door, but the others have curtains.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: amdskip
I like the new vinyl kind of smell.

me too.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: uberman
Remember the vinyl products recalled from Wal-Mart. They contained lead, it's something used in the manufacturing process. Of course they were from China.

I used to cut up vinyl and hammer steaks through it to flatten cuts of meat for certain recipes. Like pork cutlets flattened and fried like veal.

Yeah, as a kid I used to chew on solder. Long before the "LEAD WILL KILL YOU OR MAKE YOU STUPID!!!!" crap came out. I grew up fine. Right? I'm ok right? AAAAHHH!

I also used to play with mercury. Had a big bottle of it and used to pour it in a bowl and play around with it. Drop some on the floor and watch it come back together ala Terminator 2. I am still alive, and doing fine. This country is so paranoid. Man. when I was a kid my toys were made of solid metal! We got cut, we bled, we lived. I have been fishing for over 30 years. EVERYTHING in fishing contains lead, from the obvious lead weights to fishing line to hooks to lures, lead lead lead and I aint dead dead dead. Nor stoopid.