My latest article for TheWeek.com looks at Salvia officinalis, Thymus vulgaris, Butyrospermum parkii, methylchloroisothiazolinone, and more… and why you’re putting them on your head:
How to read your shampoo bottle
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Sesquiotica 
One day, reading the shampoo label while in the shower, I found myself singing, to a Gilbert & Sullivan tune, “I am the very methylchloroisothiazolinone.”