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For my family. For my home. For my planet.
Why Use Natural Cleaners and Personal Care Products?
“‘There are over one million
poisonings a year in North America, and 60 
percent are children under six, most
of whom have eaten household cleaners,’ says Rob Grand, the owner of the green
retail store Grassroots. Cleaning
products and services are the leading source of toxic air pollution in our homes,
according to the Consumers Guide to Effective Environmental Choices, published
by the U.S.-based non-profit Union of Concerned Scientists.” — “A
Green Home Is Good Enough To Eat”,
"Household cleaners . . . persist in the blood
and make their way into women's breast milk.
Scientists and advocacy groups admit we don’t know for sure how bad
these are for you. Human tests have
never been conducted on most of the 18,000 chemicals produced each year. But
evidence is mounting. Some of the
worst chemicals have already been banned, and states are looking at stricter
regulations for others. Many of
these toxins are lurking just behind your front door.” — “Home toxic
home”, Chicago Daily Herald, Susan
Stevens (Published June 5, 2005).
"The main reason why cancer is becoming a menace is the amount of toxins that accumulate in us throughout our lives. Although genes, hormones and infections contribute to certain cancers, the most important factor is the cumulative toxic damage to the cells."— "The Toxic Body", Art of Healing by Dr. Amir Farid Isahak (Published February 17, 2008).
"We will not be able to reduce the risk of breast cancer without addressing preventable causes, particularly exposure to chemicals."— Report by Professor Andreas Kortenkamp, the head of toxicology at the University of London's School of Pharmacy (Published April 2, 2008).
"'Our
kids are the canaries in a coal mine,' says Dr. Kenneth Bock, author of Healing
the New
Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies. 'American children are
growing up in a toxic environment, a chemical soup sensitizing them to even the
common foods they need to grow and thrive.' The chemical culprits that
bombard our children’s immune systems are ubiquitous in American life. Yet
these same toxins are responsible for spurring many children’s immune systems
into overdrive, provoking maladies from asthma, eczema and allergies to autism
and ADHD. The links are pouring in. Diabetes
was even tied to environmental pollution in a report published early this year
in the respected British medical journal The Lancet. What’s
more, research published during 2006 in Environmental Health Perspectives
suggests a potential association between autism and air pollution around a
baby’s home." —
"Toxic
Tots: Altered Lives", Dallas Child, Lisa Poisso (Posted
March 31, 2008).
In
an investigation of the ingredients in more than 23,000 personal care products,
Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that nearly one of every 30 products
sold in the United States fails to meet one or more industry or governmental
cosmetics safety standards. They found nearly 400 products so
ld in the U.S.
containing chemicals that are prohibited for use in cosmetics in other
countries, and over 400 products containing ingredients that cosmetic industry
safety panels have found unsafe when used as directed on product labels,
including the U.S.-based Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) and the International
Fragrance Association. Their analysis of ingredients in more than 23,000
products finds that 751 different products fail to meet one or more industry or
government safety standards and 98% of all products contain one or more
ingredients never publicly assessed for safety.
— Environmental
Working Group, Skin Deep
(2007).
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