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The best way
for us to let you know why cleaning with natural products is
better for you and the environment is to share what some experts
said about the effects of the common cleaning products.
Women who work at home have a 54% higher death rate
from cancer than those who work away from home. The 15-year study
concluded it was as a direct result of the much higher exposure
rate to toxic chemicals in common household products!
- Toronto Indoor Air Conference
The toxic chemicals in household cleaners are three
times more likely to cause cancer than air pollution. - Environmental
Protection Agency report
Of chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been
linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer, and psychological
abnormalities.- Consumer Product Safety Commission
When combined, chemicals are even more dangerous.
Deadly fumes result from mixing ammonia with bleach (both found
in household products) creating lethal “mustard gas”!
- U.S. Government, E.P.A.
According to the National Research Council, no toxic
information is available for more than 80% of the chemicals in
everyday-use products. Only 1% of toxins are required to be listed
on labels, because companies classify their formulas as “trade
secrets.”
- Lorie Dwornick, researcher, educator and activist
In the past 50 years more than 75,000 chemicals have
been introduced into the environment. Today 300 synthetic chemicals
are found in the bodies of humans. Even newborn babies have synthetic
chemicals passed on from their mothers.
- REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and
Authorization of Chemicals, a European Union program)
More than 32 million pounds of household cleaning
products are poured down the drain each day nationwide. The toxic
substances found in many of these are not adequately removed
by sewage treatment plants. Guess what happens when these are
returned to the rivers from which cities draw their drinking
water?
- Spring 2002 Edition of CCA Newsletter Partners “Cleaning
Without Toxic Chemicals”
Many household products contain
formaldehyde which
can cause:
• Skin Reactions
• Ear Infections
• Headaches
• Depression
• Asthma
• Joint pain
• Dizziness
• Mental Confussion
• Nausea
• Disorientation
• Phlebitis
• Fatigue
• Vomiting
• Sleep Disturbances
• Laryngitis |
Many household products contain phenol
which can cause:
• Cental Nervous System Damage
• Pneumonia
• Respiratory Tract Infection
• Heart Rate Irregularities
• Skin Irritation
• Kidney and Liver Damage
• Numbness
• Vomiting
• Death.
We do not use
products
that contain either formaldehyde or phenol.
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