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Only 1 in 5 of the four million household chemicals created since 1915 have actually been tested for their adverse health effects on humans, there is a surprising amount of alarming information that underscores their negative impact. * Ninety percent of all accidental poisonings occur in the home. According to the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, more than seven million cases of poisonings are reported each year. That equates to 14,000 each day!!!!!
Young children are the primary victims, with the elderly being the next most affected.
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*According to a five-year EPA study, the air in an average American home has chemical contamination levels 70 times greater than outdoor air. The EPA maintains that half of all illnesses occurring in the United States can be attributed to chemical contamination of indoor air. In fact, a 1985 EPA report states that household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor air pollution.
* A study by the Toronto Indoor Air Commission concluded that, due to increased exposure to household carcinogens, women who work at home have a 55 percent greater chance of developing cancer than women who spend the majority of their time outside of the home.
* The National Academy of Science estimates the 15 percent of all Americans are multi-chemically sensitive due to chronic exposure to household and cosmetic products.
* In 1990 alone, more than 4,000 children under the age of four were given emergency treatment for poisonings by consumption of a household cleaner. In the same year, nearly 18,000 pesticide-related incidents were reported in which 74 percent of the victims were younger than 14 years of age.
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* The Consumer Product Safety Commission has determined that more than 150 chemicals found in ordinary household products are directly responsible for producing cancer, allergies, birth defects, and numerous psychological disorders.
* Dr. Russell Jaffe of Serammune Physicians Lab in Reston, VA, studied the long-term effects of pesticides on humans. He believes that as many as 16 million people in the United States evidence some degree of adverse reaction due to constant exposure. Of this number, Dr. Jaffe estimates that for five million people the results are ultimately fatal, 11 million are plagued with muscle and joint pain, and 500,000 are afflicted with migraines, asthma, bronchitis, and eczema.
*In December 1984, the Los Angeles Times reported that "adverse effects from household chemicals include reduced male sperm count, testicle atrophy and infertility."
*For children under ten years of age living where home or garden pesticides are frequently used, the risk of leukemia increases by four to seven times. Childhood brain cancer is also associated with the use of flea collars, herbicides, pesticides that target termites, and pesticide "bombs" used indoors.
More children under four die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with guns at home. The average home today contains more chemicals than were found in a typical chemistry lab. Go into your kitchen and your bathroom and look under your sinks where you keep your cleaning and personal care supplies. What have you found? Window cleaner? Bleach? Dishwashing detergent? Shampoo? Toothpaste? If you read the label on toothpaste, it says not to swallow the paste!
These products can be violent lethal poisons with the potential to kill or seriously injure your child. Most dishwashing detergents include naphta, which is a central nervous system depressant, diethanolamine, a possible liver poison, and chlorophenylphenol, a metabolic stimulant that is considered a toxic substance. Of all chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities. We have a higher rate of kids with cancer and learning disabilities than ever. If that doesn't say we're doing something wrong in our environment, I'd hate to see what it takes! According to the American Cancer Society, there has been a 26 percent increase in cancer over the last 2 decades! You should also be concerned about the air that you and your children breathe. Cleaning products and some personal care products release toxic vapors into the air when they are used and even when they are stored. Children may be particularly vulnerable to chemical fumes. They inhale more air per pound of body weight than adults, and because pollutants are generally heavier than air and collect closer to the floor, small children breath greater concentrations than do grown ups. Most of us are concerned about the environment, but isn't the environment within our own homes the most important? If the home care and personal care products we are using are toxic and harmful, we are hurting ourselves, our families and the environment. Indoor air pollution is a suspected culprit in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In 1983, our research team at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, pioneered early research on SIDS & Endorphins. SIDS is higher in the winter because of decreased ventilation!
~ The average home today contains 62 toxic chemicals - more than a chemistry lab at the turn of the century.
~ More than 72,000 synthetic chemicals have been produced since WW II. ~ Less than 2% of synthetic chemicals have been tested for toxicity, mutagenic, carcinogenic, or birth defects. ~ An EPA survey concluded that indoor air was 3 to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air. ~ Another EPA study stated that the toxic chemicals in household cleaners are 3 times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor air. ~ CMHC reports that houses today are so energy efficient that "outgassing" of chemicals has no where to go, so it builds up inside the home. ~ We spend 90% of our time indoor, and 65% of our time at home. Moms, infants and the elderly spend 90% of their time in the home. ~ National Cancer Association released results of a 15 year study concluding that women who work in the home are at a 54% higher risk of developing cancer than women who work outside the home. ~ Cancer is the Number ONE cause of death for children. ~ Cancer is the Number ONE killer of women between the ages of 35 and 54. ~ There has been a call from the U.S./Canadian Commission to ban bleach in North America. Bleach is being linked to the rising rates of breast cancer in women, reproductive problems in men and learning and behavioral problems in children. ~ There are more than 3 million poisonings every year. Household cleaners are the Number ONE cause of poisoning of children. ~ Since 1980, asthma has increased by 600%. The Canadian Lung Association and the Asthma Society of Canada identify common household cleaners and cosmetics as triggers. ~ Formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, toluene, xylene are found in common household cleaners, cosmetics, beverages, fabrics and cigarette smoke. These chemicals are cancer causing and toxic to the immune system. ~ There are 4700 chemicals in tobacco smoke. It's important to say that household cleaning and personal care products aren't the only source of chemicals in your home, but they are the easiest ones to replace! What can we do? The answer is to start in small ways at home!"
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