Are lice treatments safe?

Products that kill lice aren't 'shampoos.'

They are insecticides.  Except at Lice Lifters Treatment Centers are treatments are all natural and pesticide free.

Head lice — those tiny, wingless parasitic insects that live on the human scalp and glue their eggs to our hair — are practically inescapable. They can’t fly, hop or jump, but they certainly can get around.

It is safe to expect that you or your child will get lice at least once. While social stigma and fallacious notions of hygiene attached to lice have somehow survived, the louse hath no prejudice. Long or short, curly or straight, clean or dirty, our hair and scalps provide the perfect environment for lice: just the right temperature, protection and moisture levels. Add the miniscule bit of blood they draw from us several times a day, and you’ve got a haven for lice. Only the human head will do: they do not live anywhere else on the human body, or on animals, and can only survive about two days without feeding on human blood.

Lice may be a nuisance, but they are not a public health menace. Head lice aren’t dangerous and don’t spread disease. At worse, persistent scratching can cause the skin to become irritated or infected.

So what to do about these annoying, harmless, persistent creatures? Bathe our children in pesticides and nerve gas, of course!

Understand your toxins

Malathion, a nerve gas derivative often used for insect control, is considered safer than lindane. Malathion is an organophosphate and kills by interfering with the nervous system. It is considered an “unclassifiable carcinogen,” neurotoxin, asthma trigger and suspected endocrine disruptor (meaning it affects normal hormone activity). Human exposure can cause nausea, dizziness, confusion, respiratory paralysis, and death. Although it is known to be readily absorbed by the skin, manufacturers have yet to measure how much malathion is absorbed from lice-killing applications. Nor have they bothered to find out if it is excreted in human milk, or even if it is safe or effective for children under six years of age. Have they studied its potential to impair fertility, cause cancer, and “muta-genesis”? No. Oh, and it is flammable, so the manufacturers warn people to stay away from flames, dryers, hair curlers, cigarettes, heaters…

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