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Have you ever wondered how cleaning
products can affect your family's health? If they weren't
safe, they wouldn't be able to sell them. Right?
The truth is many chemicals found in the
home have been linked to allergies, birth defects and cancer.
Formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, toluene, and xylene are found in
many common household cleaners, cosmetics, beverages, fabrics,
and cigarette smoke. They are all cancer causing and toxic
to the immune system. Yet we use them everyday.
The good news is... We don't have
to. There are safer and more effective alternatives.
My Family's Health
Converting my home to naturally based
products has noticeably improved me and my family's health.
All of my life I have suffered from allergies and asthma.
As I got older my asthma became worse and I was prescribed
steroid inhalers and allergy medicine to take daily. In
addition I made annual trips to the emergency room due to asthma
attacks. My 9 year old daughter started showing all the
signs of becoming asthmatic as well. She developed a cough
and began to wheeze in her sleep. We tried allergy
medicines with her, but there was little change in her
condition. That experience drove me to research other
alternatives. Since we converted our home to these
fabulous products we are both symptom free. Now we only
take allergy medicine (not store bought or prescription) as
necessary, usually due to whatever is in bloom. |
Over the last 20-30 years, as more toxic chemicals have
been introduced in greater amounts, the level of toxins stored
in our fats cells has risen. Studies have shown that some
toxins store in our bodies for life. Greater and greater
amounts are being stored at younger ages. Diseases that used to
occur later in life are now appearing at younger ages. For
example:
National Cancer Institute: There has been a 28% increase in
childhood cancer since the addition of pesticides into household
products.
Center for
Disease Control: In one decade, there has been a 42%
increase in asthma (29% for men; 82% for women- believed to be
due to women’s longer exposure times to household chemicals).
Consumer
Product Safety Commission (via
www.earthwellness.com): Over 150 chemicals found in the
average home have been linked to allergies, birth defects,
cancer and psychological abnormalities.
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If you are skeptical of the effectiveness of naturally based
products, click on the pictures above to see my utility sink
before and after it was cleaned using these products. |
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/home/cleaners/index.html
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