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WHY Create a Safer and Healthy Home

The average home today contains 62 toxic chemicals.

More than 82,000 synthetic chemicals have been produced since WW II. 

Less than 10% of synthetic chemicals have been tested for toxicity, mutagenic

and carcinogenic effects, or birth defects.

The majority of chemicals have never been tested for long-term effects.

  • Our Indoor air is 3 to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air due to chemicals. 

                 U.S.EPA -  NOTE: We spend 90% of our time indoors, and 65% of that time at home.

  • CMHC reports that houses today are so energy efficient that "out-gassing" of chemicals has no where to go, so it builds up inside the home.
  • Women who work in the home are at a 54% higher risk of developing cancer than women who work outside the home.                                                                                  (Nat'l Cancer Assoc. released results of a 15-year study presented at Toronto Conference)
  • Cancer rates have almost doubled since 1960.   
  • Cancer is the #1 cause of death for children!     
  • There has been a 26% increase in breast cancer since 1982. Breast cancer is the #1 killer of women between the ages of 35 and 54. Household toxins, including chlorine bleach have been equated to Breast Cancer.
  • Bleach is being linked to the rising rates of breast cancer in women,                                      

            reproductive problems in men and learning and behavioral problems in children.

  • Chemicals get into our body through inhalation, ingestion and absorption.
  • We breathe 10 to 20 thousand liters of air per day.  Infants breathe in 3-4 times more air per minute than adults.
  • Household cleaners are the #1 cause of poisoning of children by ingestion.- (Cosmetics are second)
  • ADD/ADHD are epidemic in schools today. Behavioral problems have long been linked to exposure to toxic chemicals and molds.  
  • ADHD is misdiagnosed 12-15% of the time based on symptoms relating to chemicals.
  • Formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, xylene are found in common household cleaners, cosmetics, beverages, fabrics and cigarette smoke. These chemicals are cancer causing and toxic to the immune system.
  • The New York Poison Control Center reports that 85% of product warning labels were either inadequate or incorrect for identifying a poison, and for first aid instructions.    
  • Chemicals are attracted to, and stored in fatty tissue. The brain is a prime target for these destructive organics because of its high fat content and very rich blood supply.
  • The Nat’ Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has found more than 2500 chemicals in cosmetics that are toxic, cause tumors, reproductive complications, biological mutations and skin and eye irritations.

There are solutions, alternatives and ways that we can make a difference.

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