Being obsessed with spotless, germ-free, fragrant, gleaming sparkling, springtime fresh is harming our family. Every day products expose us to hundreds of insidious, invisible, dangerous chemicals, potent substances we us daily in cleaning supplies, cosmetics, deodorants, and other personal care products, dry cleaning, laundry by products, plastic containers, paint, varnishes, home & garden supplies – it is a very long list. They create VOC’s, thus making our homes 5x’s higher inside our homes and offices. We inhale them, digest them and absorb them.
Recently a study showed that most Americans have large amounts of pesticides which leads to health threats. Some stay in the body a short time, others are more persistent and they circulate in the blood, lodge in fatty tissue, muscle, bone , brain, & other These are know as body burden. There are only 4 labs in the world that will do the testing. 17 vials of blood will tell you how the chemicals effect us and how much of these may cause illness. Of course there are other causes of illness. Bacteria, Virus, fungi, pollen dust, insecticides, dander & mold. These live in the surface of your hands, bacteria may be liked to sinks, toilets. We are all being exposed to biological pollutants every day. Obviously, those with chronic illnesses may be even more vulnerable
There are really only 2 kinds of dirt.
Safe dirt
Scary dirt – the toxins we buy unknowingly, new carpet, new furniture, stain retardants, fake pine, fake lemon, air fresheners with fake orange, vanilla. Remember this: Real Clean doesn’t have a smell and Real Clean can’t hurt you.
Years ago, cleaners used to be homemade, combining vinegar, lemon juice, baking soda. Then chemical companies saw a market. They advertise ring around the collar. They were like Trojan horses. We brought them into our home, and unknowingly they unleash and army of invaders. Tell women you have information that will help make them and their families healthy, happy and healthy and they will be all ears. We really all want the same happy and healthy followers. After all going green is all about choices.
Making your home green make is all about making choices.
What is a GREEN product? It won’t hurt YOU, your parents, or your pets, and it doesn’t hang around like an unwanted guest after you use it - on floors, carpets, counters, clothes, and so forth. The packaging it comes in should be the minimum required and brek down into safe or recyclable stuff when you are done with it. And, though this can be hard to find out, it shouldn’t require a lot of nonrenewable or even renewable resources to make it, use it, or dispose of it. http://bellawelllifestyles.com ( click on the GET GREEN tab to learn more)
So what is clean? It’s my fresh bed after I ‘ve just washed the sheets in non-toxic detergents. It’s a home that has that non descript smell of almost nothing, sort of like Antarctica 20 years ago. It is a bathroom that sparkles and shines with utterly NO scents or fragrances. Then my house is Clean . ……And Safe
Comments by Deb Villarese.
REALLY!! Did you hear what that was really saying?? It just about knocks me over everytime I hear it. I have just shown them the health and safety risks of the current cleaners “someone” is using/ They have been told and shown that this “stuff” they are using is actually considered hazardous waste. Their kids and perhaps even themselves suffer from allergies, asthma, eczema, ADD and an assortment of other ailments and they actually say, “I want to use up what I have before I switch”.
Is life really all about the money? The cost of continuing to use the products is far more than disposing of them appropriately and switching to all GREEN, alll SAFE, and all EFFECTIVE, Green Cleaners. that not only protect themselves, their family and also Mother Earth.
Maybe they are saying, “Well, the stuff hasn’t killed me yet so I’ll just use it up” Yet the long term lasting effects are numerous. Which snow flake do you blame when the tree’s branch break in a snow storm.
So I guess that old line that says, ” If you do something that is harmful and didn’t know it at the time….. it’s called ignorance, but if you know it’s harmful and you do it anyway, it’s call Stupidity” It’s a few dollars and you waste more than that on any given day. The cost of NOT switching is FAR MORE expensive!
By Lyndsey Layton | The Washington Post
March 13, 2009
WASHINGTON — More than half the baby shampoo, lotions and other infant-care products analyzed by a health advocacy group were found to contain trace amounts of two chemicals that are believed to cause cancer, the organization said Thursday.
Some of the biggest names on the market, including Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo and Baby Magic lotion, tested positive for 1,4-dioxane or formaldehyde or both, the non-profit Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported.
The chemicals, both characterized as probable carcinogens by the Environmental Protection Agency, are not added intentionally to products and appear to be byproducts of the manufacturing process.
The organization tested 48 baby bath products. Of those, 32 contained trace amounts of 1,4-dioxane and 23 contained small amounts of formaldehyde. Seventeen products tested positive for both chemicals.
“Our intention is not to alarm parents but to inform parents that products that claim to be gentle and pure are contaminated with carcinogens, which is completely unnecessary,” said Stacy Malkan, a spokeswoman for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
Companies that manufacture and sell products tested by the group said they comply with government standards.
“The FDA and other government agencies around the world consider these trace levels safe, and all our products meet or exceed the regulatory requirements,” Johnson & Johnson said. “We are disappointed that the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has inaccurately characterized the safety of our products, misrepresented the overwhelming consensus of scientists and government agencies that review the safety of ingredients, and unnecessarily alarmed parents.”
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