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Now. You know that good, healthy feeling you get when you've just cleaned house? Sorry to spoil it, but
you may have just made your home dirtier. Think of it this way. You wouldn't let your kids play
with toxic How dangerous? Just take a look
at these statistics. Get Clean on Racheal Rae
Plant a tree. Change a light bulb.
Drive less. Everyone can make a difference and everyone can do their part. Here
are some ways you can help: Walk this Way See the Light Offset your Carbon Footprint Clean Up Your Act Remember the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) BYOB (Bring your own bag) Got a Green Tip? Shaklee Get Clean on Building Green
10 Ways to Save the World and Your Health - How to Get Green! Interview with Charlene Day – Author of The Immune System Handbook. 1. Natural Cleaners Typical household cleaners might cut the grease and get the grime out, but chances are you’re also breathing
in harsh chemicals including ammonia, bleach, petroleum distillates, and formaldehyde. More How to have a Healthy Home
Issue # 1. Harmful Chemicals,
Reduce Exposure to Household Chemicals There are over 80,000 chemicals registered with the EPA and less than 20% of them
have been tested for toxicity. Today there are more than 80,000
synthetic chemicals. Dr. Philip Landrigan, Professor of Community and Preventative
Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said less than 20% of the estimated
chemicals manufactured in the past 50 years have been assessed for their neurotoxicity.
Children, because of their size and more future years of life, have a higher
risk of early and prolonged exposure to chemicals than adults. The National
Research Council (NRC), which is part of the National Academy of Sciences,
conducted a study of 100 random chemicals. The study found that nearly 78 percent
of these chemicals lacked even minimum toxicity standards. Sources: U.S. EPA,
New Chemicals Program; Landrigan, P.J., et al, (2006). The national children’s study: a 21-year prospective study of
100,000 American children. Pediatrics, 118(5), 2173-2186. A
person who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off shower walls could inhale three times
the "acute one-hour exposure limit" for glycol-ether containing products set by
the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Sources: News-Medical.Net; University of California at Berkeley. It
has been estimated that a person who cleans four houses a day, five days per week,
50 weeks per year, could inhale about 80 micrograms per day of formaldehyde,
double the guideline value set by California's Proposition 65. In addition,
the person's intake of fine particulate matter during the hours spent cleaning would
exceed the average federal guideline level for an entire year. These quantities are in
addition to the formaldehyde and particulate matter that the person would be exposed to from
all other sources and activities during the year. Sources: News-Medical.Net; University of California at Berkeley, Household Chemicals. Several
chlorinated chemicals can cause cancer and other serious health problems. Chlorinated
chemicals can come from consumer products, dry-cleaned clothes, and treated
municipal water. Air levels of these chemicals, therefore, are generally higher in the
home than outdoors. Many commonly used consumer products contain chlorinated chemical
solvents, such as trichloroethylene, methyl chloroform, perchloroethylene, and methylene
chloride. These products include glues, spot removers, spray cleaners, water repellents,
spray paints, paint strippers, and automotive products. Sources: California Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, Chlorinated Chemicals in Your Home, May 2001. Studies from the United States and Europe indicate that people living in industrialized
nations spend more than 90% of their time indoors. Source: EnviroSense Fact
Sheet. Safe Substitutes at Home: Non-toxic Household Products. Organic pollutants are 2 to 5 times higher inside homes than outside. According
to the EPA, sources of organic pollutants from household cleaners include: solvents;
wood preservatives; aerosol sprays; cleansers and disinfectants; and air fresheners.
Health effects from organic pollutants include: Eye, nose, and throat irritation; headaches,
loss of coordination, nausea; damage to liver, kidney, and central nervous system.
Many organic compounds are known to cause cancer in animals; some are suspected
of causing, or are known to cause, cancer in humans. Source: U.S. EPA. More...
Issue #2 Water why is there a concern?
National newspapers, magazines and hundreds of Government and private web sites are dedicated to educating us on the valid precautions we must take to protect the quality of our drinking water. They warn us about chemicals leaching from landfills, untreated runoff entering our rivers, acid rain, rotting storage tanks, lead, aluminum, excessive chlorination, bacteria outbreaks, deadly cysts in rural supplies and even fluoride concerns. Many articles call out to our local governments to do something. But do what and why? More...
Issue #3 How good is your Indoor Air Quality?
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