There are many small changes we can make, one is going green in our homes. It is becoming common knowledge that the toxic chemicals in popular products are harmful to you, to your children, to your pets, to the planet.
From The Times
October 13, 2007
Household sprays 'linked to one in seven cases of asthma'
Lewis Smith Environment Reporter
Household sprays 'linked to one in seven cases of asthma'
Lewis Smith Environment Reporter
Using cleaning sprays and air fresheners while doing housework could account for up to one in seven cases of asthma in adults, a study has found.
Just spraying a cleaner once a week can trigger an attack, according to the research. The risk rose the more that the sprays were used.
Furniture sprays, glass-cleaners and air freshener sprays were associated with the highest risk of a person developing asthma after doing the housework.
... Over 80,000 chemicals have been introduced in the last 50 years. Thousands of these chemicals are now in our homes in the form of cleaning products.
... Recent tests show hundreds of chemicals in the core blood samples of pre-born babies.
... Common bleach is the #1 household chemical involved in poisoning.
... 1 in 13 school-aged children has asthma. Rates in children under five have increased more than 160% from 1980 – 1994
... If your home is anything like the average U.S. home, you generate more than 20 pounds of household hazardous waste each year (the EPA designates toilet cleaners, tub and tile cleaners, oven cleaners, and bleach as hazardous waste).
The question now is What's under YOUR sink?
