Question:

Are household Products harmful?

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION

Are you concerned about the air your child breathes? According to an EPA Report to Congress on Indoor Air and the subcommittee hearings on the Indoor Air Quality Act of 1989, indoor air pollution is one of the nation's most important environmental health problems. According to the EPA, most homes have airborne concentrations of hazardous and toxic chemicals that are two to five times higher indoors than outdoors. In one five-year study, the EPA reported that a number of homes have chemical levels that were 70 times higher inside the homes than outside!

Another reason chemical concentrations are so high in some homes is that cleaning products in some personal care products release toxic vapors into the air when they are used - and even when they are stored. This process is called out-gassing.

The air in our homes is full of chemical vapors. Most children spend 12 to 20 hours a day in their homes.
Physiologically, children are more vulnerable to toxic vapors than adults because of their higher metabolic rate. They require more oxygen, and they breathe in two to three times as much (and therefore toxins) relative to body size than adults. Children are more physically active. This also increases their breathing rate and intake of toxins. Also, children play close to the floor where heavier pollutants settle.

Airborne chemicals are that suspected cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) which takes the lives of thousands of infants each year. This may explain the documented higher incidence of SIDS in the winter time. During the winter, windows are left closed, decreasing ventilation, which increases the concentrations of the gas vapors in the home. No one knows what causes SIDS, but why take unnecessary chances with your infant? We can do something to reduce their family's exposure to airborne toxins from household products. They can simply switch brands.

TO CONCERNED PARENTS

Household cleaning and personal care products are not the only source of chemicals in our homes. As you have seen, however, they are some of the most toxic and deadly. Fortunately, they are also the easiest to replace.

Knowing now that the chemicals in your home can seriously harm, even kill your child, wouldn't it be better to get them out of your home? Since there are safer, effective alternatives, is there any reason to place your child at risk one more day? Why wait! Protect the ones you love!

TOXIC INGREDIENTS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS

Personal care products are manufactured to put on your skin, in your hair, or in your mouth. But many of their ingredients toxic and can be ingested during use (like some ingredients in mouthwash and toothpaste) or can easily absorbed into the bloodstream (like some ingredients in soaps, lotions, creams, cosmetic, shampoos, deodorants.
In 1989, a House Subcommittee asked the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to analyze 2,093 chemicals used in personal care products. The results were as follows: 884 of the ingredients were found toxic. Of these, 778 can cause acute toxicity, 146 can cause tumors, 218 can cause reproductive complications, 314 can cause biological mutation, and 376 can cause skin and eye irritations.

LONG-TERM HEALTH HAZARDS OF HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS

We have seen the results of coming in contact with and ingesting these poisons. But did you know that most poisonings happen slowly, over a long period of time? By daily exposure to toxins in the air, and toxic chemicals.
Household products are among the most toxic substances found in our daily lives. In one study conducted over a 15 year period, women who work at home had a 54 percent higher death rate from cancer than women who had jobs away from the home. The study concluded that the increased death rate in women was due to daily exposure to hazardous chemicals found in ordinary household products.

A report for the Consumer Product Safety Commission on chemicals commonly found in homes identified 150 that have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities. A 1985 EPA report concluded that the toxic chemicals and household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than air pollution.

Our children are exposed to these chemicals every day in their own homes. Daily exposure to these toxins, may lead to cancer, learning difficulties, allergies, lung problems, or damage to the immune system.

Toxins and free radicals

We all live with toxins on a daily basis. We get these toxins from the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. No getting around it.

What we can do to prevent damage done by these toxins and free radicals is to provide proper nutrition, diet, and exercise to boost our body's immune system. By boosting our immune systems, we will have more energy, sleep better, and be able to handle every day stress easier.

How can we safely help boost our body's current immune system? We can supplement our daily nutrition needs with vitamins, minerals, herbs, and immune boosters such as transfer factor and green tea.

With these products, you will notice more energy because your immune system will not be suppressed and working overtime. This provides your body with the ability to feel great and enjoy 'better' overall health!