Top 12 Cancer Causing Products in the Home Include: (source: The National Cancer Prevention Coalition)
* Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder with Talc * Clairol Nice N’ Easy Hair Color
* Crest Tartar Control Toothpaste * V05 Hair Conditioner
* AJAX Cleanser * Lysol Disinfectant
Of the chemicals found in personal care products: 884 are toxic, 146 cause tumors, 218 cause reproductive complications, 314 cause biological mutations and 376 cause skin and eye irritations. (US House of Representatives Rpt 1989)
A 15 year study found that women who work in the home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than women who work outside the home. (source: 1988, 5 year EPA Study)
Asthma, ADD, learning disorders, SIDS, Cancer, Alzheimer’s MS have been linked to cleaning supplies & toxins in our homes.
600% increase in asthma since 1980 and common household products are identified as triggers of asthma.
28% increase in Childhood Cancer since Pesticides introduced into household products. (source: National Cancer Institute)
42% increase in Asthma in just one decade: 29% for men, 82% for women. (source: National Center for Disease Control)Leading cause of poisoning in the home: Liquid Dish Soap, which contains formaldehyde as well as ammonia.
90% of health problems caused by chemicals are through the inhalation of chemical vapors and absorption of chemical particles. However, warning labels refer only to Toxic Hazards caused by the ingestion of a chemical - which only equals 10% of health problems created.
50% of all illness is due to poor indoor air quality. (source: 1989 State of Massachusetts Study)
Just reducing (not eliminating) environmental carcinogens alone, would save at least 50,000 lives from cancer annually. (source: Dr. Lee Davis, former advisor to the Secretary of Health of the USA)
You wouldn’t leave a loaded gun under the sink or hand a child a cigarette, yet more children are dying from home poisonings than by accidental shootings.
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