Innocence as a Vehicle for Female-Led Satire
By Lillian (Lilly) Lu We lack the vocabulary to talk productively about female intelligence. We saw this in relation to the 2017 Wonder Woman film, when online debates asked whether […]
Archive for month: June, 2018
The Essential Truths About Essential Oils
By Katherine Osby I landed at LAX after hours of travel from Puerto Rico, and took a Lyft back to UCLA. Once the Lyft arrived, I packed my luggage into […]
The Danger of Smelling Delicious: Food Fragrances and the Intertwined Effects of Deodorant and Perfume
By Jessica Cushing-Murray Food-related fragrances are any kind of care product with a scent that mimics the smell of a type of food. While they may seem innocuous, these fragrances […]
Fragranced Products on the UCLA Campus: A Snapshot of Preliminary Data
By Xiaohan Aria Wang I knew little about the adverse health effects from fragranced products before I joined the Chemical Entanglements undergraduate research team at the UCLA Center for the […]
The Struggle of Divorcing From Fragranced Products
By Hannah Bullock I frequently encounter individuals who hold the following belief: my personal health is a direct outcome of my genetic characteristics, lifestyle, and immediate environment. This statement represents […]
Fewer Chemicals, More Regulation
By Sophia Sidhu Every day, Americans slather thousands of chemicals onto their bodies in the form of personal care products. Many of these compounds are associated with adverse neurological, carcinogenic, […]
