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In reply to the discussion: Starbucks strawberry Frappuccino dyed with crushed insects [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)26. Actually, it's the DNA of aborted fetuses
The chemical is "guanine," which is one of the four nucleobases in DNA. It makes your eyelashes all sparkly and shit.
They actually get the guanine used in makeup from fish scales, but let's start this internet meme that mascara has "dead babies" in it and see what happens...
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Follow all label directions and consult your physician (I know, that wasn't the answer you
kestrel91316
Apr 2012
#49
Fabric softener impedes water absorption by your terry towels. You DO want to get
kestrel91316
Apr 2012
#51
That's why I sit naked in front of the computer for an hour after I shower. n/t
Ian David
Apr 2012
#52
It's not the WHOLE insect. Just the SHELL. And lots of things are dyed that way.
Ian David
Mar 2012
#4
I read once that peanut butter and grains have the highest percentage of insect fragments...
Lone_Star_Dem
Mar 2012
#28
you win. i admit i don't remember HS biology 17 years after the last class i took
dionysus
Apr 2012
#43
Thanks to all the info in this OP and the replies, I ought to be dropping a few unneeded pounds.
lib_wit_it
Apr 2012
#48