For those of us who are extremely sensitive to gluten whether it is ingested or simply touched BEWARE we now have to worry about what we wipe our tushies with.
A few months ago, I had a reaction to construction materials, while my kitchen was being redone. I was sick for over 8 weeks and was determined to find out what the cause of this severe gluten reaction was. As I researched construction materials and gluten, I came across an article that suggested that a "company" had figured out how to use straw to make toilet paper, paper towels.
Truthfully, I never thought about what "straw" is but the article intrigued me so I did some digging. According to dictionary.com, straw is: "a single stalk or stem of a certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats and barley." So many questions started racing through my mind:.
What is straw used for?
Am I exposed to straw on a regular basis and don't know it?
Does this explain my strange skin reactions?
Etc, etc, etc ............
I recently found an article from the Associated Press, written by Roxana Hegeman about wheat straw and paper products. The article stated that Kimberly-Clark Professionals would be using straw in it's environmentally friendly line called, Green Harvest.
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| Green Harvest: Toilet Paper and Paper Towels Contains Wheat Straw |
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| Scott, Green Harvest Line: Contains Wheat Straw |
BUT Tushies Beware.
References:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/straw?s=t
Hegeman, Roxana, Associated Press, Paper Towels, Toilet Paper latest use for Wheat Straw., April11, 2015 http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-paper-towels-toilet-tissue-latest-uses-for-wheat-straw-20150411-story.html
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