Return to Home Page. Your body's largest organ, your skin, absorbs toxins, not only from what touches the skin, but from chemicals in the air. Your skin actually breathes and if your skin permeability has been compromised, passage of toxins through your skin into your body is even easier.
Jack-o-lanterns are made from carved pumpkins. This tradtion originally began in Europe, particularly Ireland, where they carved other root vegetbales, like turnips. In Amerâ¦ica, the tradition switched over to pumpkins because they were larger and easier to carve and more native to growing in the United States.
While you're at it, why not work in a little history and culture? Did you or your child ever wonder where this classic family activity came from? Believe it or not, Jack-o'-Lanterns weren't always a grinning invitation for trick-or-treaters to come a-knocking. The first Jack-o'-Lanterns weren't even pumpkins at all. In fact, today's orange squash tradition stems not from the fruit itself, but from an Irish folk tale.