Toxic health hazards - Switch to non-toxic cleaning supplies

Using common household cleaning products can be extremely dangerous and hazardous to your health. Laundry detergents, fabric softeners and dryer sheets are especially worrisome because we are exposed to the toxic chemicals in our laundry almost 24 hours a day. We wear clothing all day. We sleep on sheets and pillow cases that we washed with toxic chemicals all night. The only time we are not exposed to the toxic chemicals in our laundry is when we are in the shower or bath. These are just a few reasons to switch to non-toxic cleaning supplies like soap nuts. Laundry should not be a hazard!

The following are links to articles that expose the chemicals in our cleaning products. The health effects of those chemicals. And the products that they are in.

Read the following articles and you will definitely want to switch to Soap Nuts.

TOXIC CHEMICALS IN SCENTED LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND FABRIC SOFTENER AND HEALTH HAZARDS Article by Professor Anne C. Steinemann, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public Affairs, University of Washington. Health effects obtained from the National Library of Medicine's Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®).

http://mcs-america.org/SteinemannLaundryDetergentFabricSoftener.pdf

Health Risks from Perfume: The Most Common Chemicals found in 31 Fragrence Products By A 1991 EPA Study

http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/perfume.html

Heres an article from Vogue magazine on the link between chemicals and infertility. A must read if you have children or want to have children.

http://www.womenandenvironment.org/newsreports/Vogue_An_Inconceivable_Truth.pdf

Highly toxic chemicals are found in laundry detergents, dryer sheets, deodorants, perfumes, soaps and other household products

http://www.naturalnews.com/001061.html

Interview with Randall Fitzgerald, author of The Hundred-Year Lie, on the prevalence of toxic chemicals

http://www.naturalnews.com/019434.html

This is a good article that sort of explains how they can put toxic waste in our products

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/412/Exposed-Toxic-Chemistry.html

This is an amazing documentary about the effects that BPA's are having on the Human Race. Are we on the verge of extinction.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7530701744597358451#

This is a video about phthalates a chemical similar effects to BPA. Of course it's in a lot of our children's toys. Click on the toxic toys link when you get to the page.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/412/index.html

The soap nut is totally non toxic.

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