James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Remove all nonessential drugs and household products from your home. Discard them according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• If you have small children, avoid keeping highly toxic products, such as drain cleaners, in the home, the garage, the shed, or any other place that children can access.
• Buy medicines and household products in child-resistant packaging, and be sure that caps are always on tight. Do not remove child-safety caps. Avoid keeping medicines, vitamins, or household products in anything but their original packaging. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts |  These same plants manufacture the smells found in fine perfumes, as well as household products (e.g., deodorant, dishwashing detergent, bath soap, shampoo, furniture polish, floor wax). The process is the same: food and aroma technologists manipulate volatile chemicals to create particular tastes and smells. So, as Schlosser puts it, "The basic science behind the scent of your shaving cream is the same as that governing the flavor of your TV dinner."
Colorful Science
Giving food the right color is also a science. Color additives make food more appealing. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  Triggers and irritants include pollen, pets' fur and dander, the house dust mite, molds, certain foods, and chemicals in household products. Weak digestion, poor nutrition, or poor general health can also trigger attacks, as how your body handles rhinitis is linked to the strength of your immune system. The inhalation of airborne irritants prompts an exaggerated response of the immune system, which forms antibodies to fight against invaders. This triggers the release of histamine, which causes inflammation and mucus production in the nasal passages. Hay fever sufferers (see p. |
Stacy Malkan
See book keywords and concepts |  The same infant exposed to 1,4-dioxane from the Grins and Giggles baby shampoo could also be exposed to the carcinogen from the Tigger bath bubbles and the Clean as Can Bee body wash in a single bath — as well as from food, water and other household products in the same day. "It's these multiple exposures to carcinogens that are cause for concern, especially for developing children," said Janet Nudelman from the Breast Cancer Fund. "We have to ask, is it necessary for baby shampoos to contain cancer-causing chemicals at all? The answer is no. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Manufacturers add it to a wide range of products, including soy products, toothpaste, fluoride tablets, fluoride drops, fluoride chewing gum, tea, vaccines, household products, fluoridated salt or milk, anesthetics, mattresses emitting fluoride gases, Teflon, and antibiotics. It is also found in polluted air and polluted ground water. Because of its proven high toxicity, in August 2002 Belgium became the first country in the world to prohibit fluoride supplements.
"Fluoridation ... |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Recent research shows that even air fresheners are contaminated with phthalates, and new details about cancer-causing chemicals in household products seem to emerge every week.
But when it comes to preventing cancer, the cancer industry is silent. Why should they say anything, anyway? If they teach women how to prevent breast cancer, they lose customers. Besides, the scheme they're running right now is working brilliantly. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Avoid keeping medicines, vitamins, or household products in anything but their original packaging.
• Store all of your medicines and household products in a locked closet or cabinet—including products and medicines with child-resistant containers.
• Crawl around your house, including inside your closets, to inspect it from a child's point of view. You'll likely find a poisoning hazard that you hadn't noticed before.
• Never refer to medicine or vitamins as "candy."
• Make sure that visiting grandparents, family members, friends, or other caregivers keep their medications away from children. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
See book keywords and concepts | | Switch to non-toxic household products. Open windows or run exhaust fans to reduce the circulation of fumes within your home.
• Remove old or unneeded chemical products from your home. Dispose of them at a designated drop-off for toxic household wastes.
• Read product labels in their entirety for ingredients and instructions. Be on the lookout for the VOC "methylene chloride", especially in paint stripper and spray-paint.
• Use a quality air purification system that incorporates UV, negative ions, and HEPA filter technology. Surround Air™ and Way Healthier Home™ are both excellent brands. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts | | It's found in several household products, including disinfectants, bleach, aerosols, air fresheners, window and carpet cleaners, dry-cleaning fluids, and pesticides. The most significant source of formaldehyde in the indoor environment is probably pressed-wood products (particleboard, plywood, and fiberboard). It's been argued that the increase in childhood asthma in industrialized nations—tripling in just the last 30 years—could be attributed to the rise in formaldehyde's presence. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The CPSC was created in 1973 with the goal of closing regulatory loopholes for common household products. One of its first regulatory challenges was vinyl chloride in spray cans. After OSHA, the EPA, and the FDA had all promulgated concrete regulatory measures for products under their jurisdictions, the CPSC announced it was "investigating" the problem of vinyl chloride.55
In 1978, the CPSC finally decided to do something about benzene, trailing the other agencies in regard to this substance as well. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |  Common household products are laced with hundreds of deadly chemicals such as chlorine, ammonia, bleach, phosphates and a long list of others that can be fatal if swallowed or inhaled. According to the U.S. Poison Control Center, a child is accidentally poisoned every 30 seconds. Cleaning agents used to scrub your sink or make your shower stall glisten are toxic. Paint thinners, varnishes and stains are all toxic. Products we routinely use for auto care such as antifreeze, car wax, upholstery cleaners and air fresheners are poisonous. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In April of that year, it proposed a ban on benzene for all household products, including rubber cement, whether the benzene was added intentionally or was introduced as a contaminant that constituted 0.1 percent or more of the product. According to the CPSC press release, of fifty-two rubber cement makers it had contacted, only one still intentionally added benzene.56 Two years later, in 1980, the CPSC had still not put the proposed ban into force. Instead, it issued a press release announcing that it would require all U.S. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Caution: AVOID non-stick pans: The chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) used in non-stick pans (fast-food containers, carpets, furniture and a host of other everyday household products) accumulates in the umbilical cords of babies and is retarding their growth and brain development, according to two new studies published in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives (August 2007). Babies whose umbilical cords had the highest concentrations of PFOA were born lighter, thinner and with smaller head circumferences than others. |
Mark Schapiro
See book keywords and concepts |  These include coal tar, a black hair dye that the University of Southern California School of Medicine says may be linked to bladder cancer among hairdressers and is still used in many low-cost beauty salons; and sodium borate, sometimes called boric acid, which has been linked to testicular development problems and which the CIR recommended "should not be used on infant or injured skin," and is an ingredient in Desitin diaper-rash lotion for infants, according to a household products Database maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. |
David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts |  He also thinks that chemicals in household products and cosmetics act like sex hormones or block male androgens. Gray is an androgen tox-icologist with the EPA who has coauthored at least five studies on the subject, and his work reveals that male reproductive development is acutely sensitive to some phthalates.
For example, he has found that both DBP and DEHP produce dramatic changes in male sexual characteristics when exposure takes place in the uterus during pregnancy, at levels far beneath those of previous toxicological concern. | | About 10 percent of all petroleum and fossil fuels are used for the production of household products alone. Toss in the family car, and all of a sudden you find out more than half of all energy used in America starts at home.
Consider this part of your safe trip a guide to saving your life as well as greening your patriotism. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts | | Do you have allergies to various household products, dust, and molds?
? Do you have eczema, dry skin, acne, or rashes?
? Do you gain weight easily?
? Do you have food cravings, especially carbohydrate-rich foods and/or sweets?
? Do you have pain or discomfort on the right side of your stomach occasionally or after eating?
? Are you constipated or do you have less than one bowel movement per day?
Do you have any of the following symptoms:
? Sensitivity to perfume or other chemical odors
? Persistent joint and/or muscle pain
? Chronic infections
? Depression
? Fatigue
? |
David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts | | If you are looking for new household products, look for ones that have earned the Energy Star label.
Energy Star has provided us with great direction when we have had to purchase new appliances for our home and when Freedom Press has as well. We found our refrigerators (for home and office) and Bosch washing machine and dryers, thanks to Energy Star. I've learned with Energy Star that it is easy to find energy-efficient, less toxic appliances and electronic gear that meet strict energy efficiency guidelines (set by the EPA and DOE). | | Seventh Generation has since been able to "devote all our blood, sweat, and tears to filling store shelves from coast to coast with household products that are safer for you and the environment."48
The author of several books, including What Matters Most, Hollender regularly displays his wares at the Natural Products Expo, which is the world's premiere display arena for healthy living. Quite apart from the many booths touting various vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional supplements, the expo also contains areas that focus your attention on organic and natural foods, lifestyle, and home. | | We know that buying environmentally nontoxic household products is something that is a later stage of developing." Having children helps sway reluctant shoppers, he added. "All of a sudden indoor air quality becomes a much bigger priority," he said, especially health issues like asthma, allergies, and chemical sensitivities.
Although some of Seventh Generation's packaging is made with recycled materials, the major difference is in the products themselves. "Seventh Generation chooses to start with plant-based raw materials instead of petrochemicals," said Hollender. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts | | They are widely used in all forms of industry, agriculture, food processing, cosmetics, personal care products, household products, and so on. Most of us are familiar with what happens when we want a newer, faster computer or digital device that's been outdated by new technology. We have to discard the old hardware, which becomes electronic waste—and a main source of lead, mercury, cadmium, and chromium.
Today the speed of technology and the rapid turnover of electronic products in our disposable society makes for an ever-mounting pile of metallic waste to contend with. | | They arise from air, water, food, and household products, many of which come from unlikely places. We'll start by looking at an average person's everyday habits, which will reinforce the need to detoxify and further help clarify where these chemicals lurk persistendy.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
Ever wondered if you would pass an FDA inspection?
7:00 A.M. Good morning. |
Michael Friedman, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  These conspiracies have resulted in an escalation in the incidence and mortality of cancer and chronic disease, among workers and the general public unknowingly exposed to toxics and carcinogens in the workplace, air, water and consumer products— food, household products, and cosmetics, and toiletries. This misconduct involves negligence, manipulation, suppression, distortion and destruction of health and environmental data by mainstream industries, their consultants and trade associations, notably the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA). |
Alex Steffen
See book keywords and concepts |  Although they look nothing like the other household products on the shelf, they still cost the same. As a result, Method Home is popping up not in specialty and health food stores, but in the big boxes and supermarkets, where good deals are a big deal.
These products have turned the home-cleaning industry on its ear, and companies like
Unilever and Procter & Gamble are taking notice, increasing their budgets for environmental research and development. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Epstein MD
The Safe Shopper's Bible : A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic household products
"Saccharin is a 100-year-old non-nutritive, non-caloric sweetening agent… its use has exploded over the last twenty years as a staple of the diet food and drink craze. Its major current consumption is in diet pop by teenagers, and not by diabetics and the obese. The public now firmly believes that foods containing saccharin are effective in weight control, and has been persuaded by the soft drink industry (through the Calorie Control Council) that these benefits outweigh any possible health risks. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Epstein MD
The Safe Shopper's Bible : A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic household products
"Saccharin is a 100-year-old non-nutritive, non-caloric sweetening agent… its use has exploded over the last twenty years as a staple of the diet food and drink craze. Its major current consumption is in diet pop by teenagers, and not by diabetics and the obese. The public now firmly believes that foods containing saccharin are effective in weight control, and has been persuaded by the soft drink industry (through the Calorie Control Council) that these benefits outweigh any possible health risks. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Whenever possible, use hypoallergenic skin care products, deodorants, shaving creams, soaps, hair products, cosmetics, household products, and laundry detergents. Keep in mind, however, that hypoallergenic means only that a product is not likely to cause allergies; not that it will not. Also, when choosing products, look for "fragrance-free" formulas rather than an "unscented" one.
Q Wear cool, loose clothing. Next to the skin, cotton is best.
Q Avoid prolonged contact with known skin irritants including chemicals, dust, direct sunlight, and water. |
KC Craichy
See book keywords and concepts |  Additionally, VOCs (volatile organic compounds), a major contributor to ozone, are also an air pollutant, two to five times more prevalent in indoor air than outdoor air because they are present in many household products, including our carpets, paints, deodorants, cleaning fluids, cosmetics, air fresheners, and more.30
We may not be able to do much about the air outside our homes, but we can definitely impact the air inside our homes. The EPA suggests three primary ways for improving indoor air quality:
¦ Source Control. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  Various defenders of the meat industry, of course, strongly resist any efforts to identify or regulate the various chemicals contaminating their products:
The pesticide, plastics, pulp and paper, household products, oil, and cosmetics industries have all mobilized to defend chlorine chemistry against its environmentalist critics. The food industry has also weighed in, mindful that dioxin accumulates in fatty tissue and is therefore omnipresent in meat and dairy products. |
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