If you knew that

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• If you knew that
• Lysol and pledge are registered pesticides
• Formaldehyde is a carcinogen and is found in
  Johnson Johnson products
• Tide and other common laundry detergents contain
  ground fiberglass
• Phenols commonly found in glass cleaners and our
  shampoos have been linked to acceleration of
  breast cancer cells
• Many grocery store green products still contain
  phenols and phosphates.
• Would you still use them

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DID YOU KNOW

• The FDA has concluded that our indoor air is 70
  times more polluted than the outdoor air!
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission connects
  150 chemicals commonly found in our homes to
  allergies, asthma, birth defects, cancer, and
  psychological disorders.
• Women who work from home have a 54 higher risk
  of dying from cancer than women who work outside
  of the home because of their increased exposure
  to household chemicals. Toronto Indoor Air
  Conference of 1990 from a 15 year study

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Chlorine Bleach (Liquid)Registered Pesticide

• Sodium hypochlorite - Neurotoxin, kidney and
  liver damage, severe lung damage, reproductive
  issues.
• Danger! Causes severe eye injuries. Can burn the
  skin, mouth, throat, and stomach.
• Chlorines by-products are organochlorines and
  dioxins dangerous to health and the
  environment.
• Dioxins are 300,000 times a more potent
  carcinogen than DDT (well known organic pesticide
  ). It bio-accumulates in the body we cannot
  detoxify it.
• Vapors irritate the nose, throat, and lungs.
• Vapors have been shown to interfere with brain
  function.
• Vapors have been shown to aggravate heart
  conditions and asthma.
• Suspect link to reproductive disorders

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Multi-Purpose Cleaners

• Warning! Strong lung irritant. Can cause mild to
  moderate damage to eyes. Fumes can cause
  weakness and dizziness.
• Central nervous system, can cause depression,
  nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, abdominal
  pain, lesions may occur in brain, lung, liver and
  meninges and heart. Possible bone marrow
  depression1
• Irritant of eyes, nose and throat
• Linked to cancer, reproductive disorders, kidney
  and liver damage. Can cause chronic lung
  irritation.
• Ammonia
• 2-butoxy ethanol
• Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether listed by EPA as
  a possible human carcinogen2
• Phenol
• 1 Gosselin, R.E., R.P. Smith, H.C. Hodge.
  Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products. 5th
  ed. Baltimore Williams and Wilkins, 1984.,p.
  II-176PEER REVIEWED
• 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
  Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) for
  ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (111-76-2)
  Available from http//www.epa.gov/ngispgm3/iris
  on the Substance File List as of March 15,
  2000QC REVIEWED

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Disinfectant Sprays Wipes Registered Pesticides

• Denatured Ethanol
• If inhaled or ingested causes Central Nervous
  System Depression
• Irritant to eyes and mucus membranes
• Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride
• Registered pesticide used for disinfecting
• Harmful by inhalation, ingestion skin contact
• Orthophenylphenol (OPP)
• Carcinogenic, moderate skin irritant,
  immunosuppresion, headache, nervousness, blurred
  vision, weakness, nausea, cramps diarrhea,
  discomfort in the chest including sweating,
  miosis, tearing, salivation and other excessive
  respiratory tract secretion, vomiting convulsion,
  coma, loss of reflexes, cardiac arrhythmias,
  heart block and cardiac arrest
• Note It is suspected that phenols are
  contaminated with Dioxin (Agent Orange) a known
  carcinogen.

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Glass/Window Cleaners

• Ammonia and isopropanol
• causes kidney and liver damage and tumors
• Diethylene glycol
• attacks the central nervous system, liver and
  kidneys
• Glycol Ethers
• causes reproductive disorders
• Did you know that common window and glass
  cleaners contain chemicals that last in your
  household air for more than 5 hours and cause
  kidney and liver damage and tumors, attack the
  central nervous system and cause reproductive
  disorders?

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Furniture Polish Pledge furniture polish
doesnt have any ingredients listed on its
container. Pledge is afraid you might not
purchase their product if they revealed it
contains butane and propane gas and is a narcotic
(aka, tranquilizer sedative, downer).

• Silicones, butane gas and propane gas
• harmful if inhaled
• narcotic
• may cause brain damage
• depresses the central nervous system

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Laundry Detergent Powder Liquid

• Ethanol - linked to cancers and damage to the
  lungs and central nervous system
• Linear allkylate sulfonates and sodium
  tripolyphosphates - left as a residue on your
  clothes, absorbed into your system through your
  skin and have been linked to liver damage and
  destruction of tissue and mucous membranes
• Nonyl phenol ethoxylate - banned in Europe, and
  was found to slowly biodegrade into even more
  toxic compounds. Studies have found that this
  surfactant stimulates the growth of breast cancer
  cells and feminizes male fish
• Optical brighteners - synthetic chemicals that
  convert UV light wavelengths into visible light,
  which makes laundered clothes appear whiter
  (although does not actually affect the
  cleanliness of the clothing). They've been found
  to be toxic to fish and to cause bacterial
  mutations. Further, they can cause allergic
  reactions when exposed to skin that is later
  exposed to sunlight.
• Artificial fragrances - made from petroleum,
  linked to various toxic effects on fish and
  mammals, and often cause allergies and skin and
  eye irritation

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Dishwashing Detergent Powder or Liquid

• Phosphates - Phosphates are inexpensive
  water-softening agents, that enter our lakes,
  ponds, rivers, and streams through the many
  detergents that we wash down our sinks,
  dishwashers, and washing machines. 
• Just one 45 ounce bottle of the leading automatic
  dishwasher detergent has enough phosphates to
  produce 200 pounds of algae.  The overgrowth of
  algae on the surface reduces the penetration of
  light which eventually leads to a lowering of
  oxygen in the water.  This results in the death
  of fish which disrupts the entire aquatic
  ecosystem
• Chlorine bleach- mixes with hot water, toxic
  volatized chlorine fumes are created, which are
  then be released into the air in your home as a
  steamy mist.  Common symptoms from breathing
  chlorine fumes include headaches, fatigue,
  burning eyes, and respiratory irritation.  
• Alkaline- burn skin, mouth and eyes etches
  dishes and clouds glassware
• Diethanolsamine- poisons your liver
• Naptha - cancer, lung damage, lung inflammation
  and damage to mucous membranes, depresses and
  damages your central nervous system

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Toothpaste Did you know that 3 of the first 5
ingredients in our toothpastes are carcinogenic
(cause cancer)?

• FDC Blue 1 Carcinogenic.
• Artificial sweeteners (i.e., Saccharin,
  aspartame) Carcinogenic.
• FLUORIDE possible carcinogenic
• Fluoride is a cumulative poison. Categorized by
  the FDA as a "toxic drug". The 1984 issue of
  Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products lists
  Fluoride as "more poisonous than lead and
  slightly less poisonous than arsenic". Lead has a
  toxicity rating of 3, Fluoride has a toxicity
  rating of 4
• Most toothpastes contain a number of slow moving
  poisons that accumulate in your body and lead to
  toxic overload. Source Consumer Advocacy Group

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Personal Care Products

• Lotions
• Quaternium 15 (formaldehyde)
• Carcinogenic known to cause dermatitis, cancer,
  kidney and liver damage
• 1,4-dioxane, TEA, DMDM hydantoin and
  quaternium-15 which releases carcinogenic
  formaldehyde known to cause dermatitis, cancer,
  kidney and liver damage. 
• Chlorine bleach- mixes with hot water, toxic
  volatized chlorine fumes are created, which are
  then be released into the air as a steamy mist. 
  Common symptoms from breathing chlorine fumes
  include headaches, fatigue, burning eyes, and
  respiratory irritation.  
• Alkaline- burn skin, mouth and eyes etch dishes
  and cloud glassware
• Diethanolsamine- poisons your liver
• Naptha - cancer, lung damage, lung inflammation
  and damage to mucous membranes, depresses and
  damages your central nervous system
• Phthalates - impact birth outcomes, including
  gestational age and birth weight, fertility
  (lower sperm production), and anatomical
  abnormalities, related to the male genitalia,
  early puberty

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Personal Care Products

• Shampoos
• Quaternium 15 (formaldehyde) - Carcinogenic
  known to cause dermatitis, cancer, kidney and
  liver damage
• DEA, TEA, MEA - Hormone disruptors, cancer
  causing agents
• Propylene Glycol - Neurotoxin, dermatitis, liver
  and kidney damage
• Phthalates - impact birth outcomes, including
  gestational age and birth weight, fertility
  (lower sperm production), and anatomical
  abnormalities, related to the male genitalia,
  early puberty

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Source MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)A
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is designed to
provide both workers and emergency personnel with
the proper procedures for handling or working
with a particular substance. MSDS's include
information such as physical data (melting point,
boiling point, flash point etc.), toxicity,
health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage,
disposal, protective equipment, and spill/leak
procedures.http//householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/
index.htm
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The Health Dangers of Phenols

• Did you know that the cleaners you use to
  disinfect your home, seemingly to keep yourself
  and your family safe from germs and bacteria,
  could be harboring a danger of their own?
• Many common disinfectants out there contain
  phenols-caustic, poisonous and dangerous
  compounds that are used to cover smells. And
  they're used in everything from all-purpose
  cleaning sprays to toilet bowl cleaners.
• According to the National Institutes of Health,
  phenol is toxic and people who are hypersensitive
  to it could experience death or serious side
  effects at very low exposures.
• Typically, death and severe toxicity result from
  phenol's effects on the central nervous system,
  heart, blood vessels, lungs and kidneys.

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