Is Your Home Making You and Your Family Sick?

Are you aware that you might be bringing toxins into your home? Many of the products you buy to improve the look and smell of your home can actually harm you and your family.

Here’s a true or false quiz to test your knowledge about toxins in your home. The answers are at the end of the post. Have fun!

1. The average home contains approximately 26 different chemicals. (Source: National Pollution Control Center)

2. Among chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer, and psychological abnormalities. (Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission)

3. North America's worst air pollution is found inside our homes. Many homes have chemical levels that are 70 times higher than that of the air outside. In fact, cleaning and personal care products, commonly found in every home are three times more likely to cause cancer than air-born pollutants. 6,000 cancer deaths are caused every year by indoor air pollutants. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency)

4. Every year, five to ten million household poisonings are reported. Many are fatal, and most of the victims are children. Liquid Dish Soap, which contains formaldehyde and ammonia in most brands, is the leading cause of poisonings of children under the age of six (over 100, 000 poisoned kids per year). (Source: Center for Science in the Public Interest)

5. Most dishwashing detergents include NAPHTA, which is a central nervous system depressant, DIETHANOLAMINE, a liver poison, and CHLOROPHENYLPHENOL, a toxic metabolic stimulant. When washing your dishes, these chemicals are being released into your breathing space.

6. In one decade, a 42% increase in asthma was observed (29% for men; 82% for women). The higher rate for women is believed to be due to women's longer exposure times to household chemicals. (Source: Center for Disease Control)

7. There has been a 7% increase in childhood cancer since the addition of pesticides into household products. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

The good news is that you can do something about it!

Here are the website links of two non toxic household companies that are committed to make a difference:

Biokleen
Biokleen manufactures natural, non-toxic cleaning products for your home and business without negative effects to you or the environment.

Seventh Generation
Seventh Generation produces and distributes environmentally safe household products.

Answers of the quiz: 1- False, the answer is 62, not 26; 2- True; 3- True; 4- False, it is 2.1 million kids who are poisoned by liquid dish soap per year, not 100,000; 5- True; 6- True; 7- False, there has been a 28% increase, not 7%.

Next week, I’ll post part 2 of the quiz.

Until then,
Lots of Fun, Joy and Peace for you!


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