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Your shampoo, hair spray and skin lotion may be polluting the air

  • Written by Matthew Coggon, Research scientist, University of Colorado
Good for you, bad for the air?Gts/Shutterstock.com

Millions of Americans apply personal care products every morning before heading to work or school. But these products don’t stick to our bodies permanently. Over the course of the day, compounds in deodorants, lotions, hair gels and perfumes evaporate from our skin and eventually make their...

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