Your home should be safe from toxic dangers Your home should be a safe retreat for you and your family. Toxic dangers are invisible and undetectable without special instruments. Maybe you can’t feel the danger. Some adults and children can feel it in the form of asthma. Have you ever cleaned your shower and had to run out of the bathroom before the fumes burned your throat? Later you go back in and the fumes are gone. But the chemicals that caused the fumes are in your home and won’t be going anywhere. Our homes are so comfortable with air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter that the windows are never opened for those toxic fumes to escape!
Products containing refined (white) sugar, white rice, refined (white) flour Alcohol, soda pop, nicotine. Tap water full of chlorine and other unhealthy substances and chemicals. Fried foods, margarine, commercial hydrogenated oils, trans fats Processed meats Synthetic vitamins or mineral products Synthetic hormone Chemicals: food additives, preservatives, colors, flavors Chemicals: pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fertilizers
Chemicals: from cleaning products and laundry detergents
Heavy metals: aluminum, mercury, lead Chemicals: industrial and environmental pollutants (exhaust fumes) Radiation (x-rays, cat scans) Medications, drugs (recreational, over-the-counter and prescription) Off-gassing of furniture, building materials, paint, carpet, plastics, new cars Dental work: metal fillings Leaching from plastic containers, plastic wrap Workplace materials/toxins: factory, office, construction materials, hair salons, cleaning supplies Electro/magnetic fields: computers and game systems, microwaves, TV’s, electric blankets, cell phones, pagers
Here are some toxins to watch out for:Naphthalene - A white crystalline compound derived from coal tar or petroleum and used in manufacturing dyes, moth repellents, and explosives and as a solvent. Also called tar camphor.Petroleum Distillates - A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the earth's surface, can be separated into fractions including natural gas, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel and lubricating oils, paraffin wax, and asphalt and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative products. Butylcelosolve - Any of four flammable alcohols derived from butanes and used in organic synthesis and as solvents. Carcinogens - Substances that increase the risk of neoplasms in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included. Ammonia - A colorless, pungent gas extensively used to manufacture fertilizers and a wide variety of nitrogen-containing organic and inorganic chemicals. Chlorine - A highly irritating, greenish-yellow gaseous halogen, capable of combining with nearly all other elements, produced principally by electrolysis of sodium chloride and used widely to purify water, as a disinfectant and bleaching agent, and in the manufacture of many important compounds including chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. Hydrochloric Acid - A clear, colorless, fuming, poisonous, highly acidic aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, HCl, used as a chemical intermediate and in petroleum production, ore reduction, food processing, pickling, and metal cleaning. It is found in the stomach in dilute form. Organochlorine -
Any of various hydrocarbon pesticides, such as DDT, that contain chlorine.
TriclosanTriclosan is an antibacterial chemical found in many consumer products. It's a prime example of toxic dangers. It's mostly found in liquid hand soap and dishwashing detergent, but is also found in many other products. Triclosan is a common ingredient in toothpaste, facewash, deodorant, and a host of personal care products. It is even found in mattresses, toothbrushes, and shoe insoles.A U.S. FDA advisory committee has found that household use of antibacterial products provides no benefits over plain soap and water, and the American Medical Association recommends that triclosan not be used in the home, as it may encourage bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The products that contain these chemicals should put a poison sign on them and tell you that if used, the air in your home is toxic. This sounds like an over statement, but it's true. 
Triclosan is linked to liver toxicity and low levels of triclosan may disrupt thyroid function.
Wastewater treatment does not remove all of the chemical, which means it ends up in our lakes, rivers, and water sources. That’s especially unfortunate since triclosan is very toxic to aquatic life.
Triclosan has ended up in everything from credit cards and countertops to baby bibs and blankets. How to avoid triclosan: Don’t use antibacterial soap. Find products that you can trust that don’t contain this chemical.
Triclosan may be in these products: Soap and dishwashing liquid Towels Mattresses Sponges Personal care products Shower curtains Toothbrushes Phones Kitchenware and plastic food containers Shoes Flooring and carpets Cutting boards Clothing and fabrics
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