Protect your family!

Did you know that more than 150 chemicals commonly found in household products such as, Tide and Cascade to Clorox and 409, which contain toxins harmful to the human body and mind, have been linked to human ailments from allergies and skin cancer to psychological abnormalities and learning disabilities? We are well aware of air pollution and the prevalence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but how many of us are really aware of indoor air pollution in our homes?

We all need to be aware of such danger, but especially families with young children. Children crawl or walk at ground level where heavier pollutants settle, and they are always curious and investigating places where they shouldn’t be: in the kitchen, the bathroom, and the laundry room. They are exposed to out gassing from, or direct contact with, bleach, dishwashing and laundry detergent, window cleaner, shampoo, mouthwash, and the like, that may contain toxins that can seriously injure them. The effects may be difficult to detect because exposure generally occurs over a prolonged period of time.

Mothers are also at risk. One study has concluded that women working at home have a 54% higher death rate than women with jobs away from home. Why would you allow toxins in your home that have proven to be detrimental to the long-term health of you and your family?

Children are especially vulnerable to toxic vapors because of their high metabolic rate; they need more oxygen and breathe in two to three times more air (and therefore toxins) relative to body size than adults. Closed homes are particularly dangerous – windows are closed in winter to conserve heat and remain closed in summer to hold in air-conditioned air. Toxic fumes have nowhere to go and build up increasing levels in the home.

Think of this, how do the chemicals in the transdermal patches people wear for everything from help with smoking cessation to seasickness, get to where they are going? Right, through the skin. With that in mind, imagine your clothes as “patches” washed in toxic laundry detergent. How does that affect your immune system? Did you know that each of us has a different tolerance for what has been coined a “body burden” of chemical exposure, and that some chemicals can live on well past the time of exposure in our bodies?

Remember, too, that toxic chemicals pollute outside the home as they are washed away into our waterways. The state of California tested its waterways recently and discovered that the most dangerous chemicals to aquatic life were contained, not so much in paint and oil residues, but in household bleach, all-purpose cleaners, laundry detergent, and dishwasher detergent.

If you could create a safer indoor environment and thereby take one step towards creating better health for us all and for generations to come would you do it? The good news is that toxic household products are easy to replace because there are safer and effective alternatives now available.

If you are interested in using safer, Eco friendly products for your home, family and world...Please contact me.

Here is a link that shares more about products that are safe for your home, daycare, etc...:

http://www.saferforyourhome.com/index.html

love,

Hayley

This information was shared with me by: Cynthia Mitchell, M.Ed, health advocate, business mentor,.and professional speaker. Not all views expressed on her website do I agree with, but this is one that I am in agreement with.