Living a less toxic life

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - Thank You and Valuable Statistics

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What a nice welcome I had from everyone. Thank you so much!

Today I thought I could share some statistics with you:

Did you know that:

The average American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials.
(Source: Children's Health Environmental Coalition)

Women who work at home have a 55% greater chance of developing cancer than women who spend the majority of their time outside of the home.
(Source: Toronto Indoor Air Commission)

The U.S. government has not conducted even basic toxicity testing for about 75 percent of the 15,000 high volume chemicals in commercial use. More than 90 percent of these high volume chemicals have not been tested for health effects on children.
(Source: Children's Health Environmental Coalition)

In 1999, 2.1 million human poisonings were reported to the poison control centers in the United States. More than 50 percent of the cases involved children under the age of five.
(Source: American Association of Poison Control Centers)

Years ago, the SKULL & CROSSBONES was on the label of many household products. It was replaced with fine print labels.

Today, many of our cleaning products have one of the following labels:

DANGER
Harmful or Fatal if Swallowed

This means a single taste to a teaspoon can be FATAL to an adult!

WARNING
Harmful if Swallowed

This means a teaspoon to an ounce can be FATAL to an adult!

CAUTION
Harmful if Swallowed

This means an ounce to a pint can be FATAL to an adult!

If you have young children especially, do know what kind of labels your household products have.

In another study by the Columbia Univeristy College of Physicians & Surgeons, "More than 7 million accidental poisonings occur each year, with more than 75% involving children under 6!"

We will never know the exact figures of accidental poisonings, but we know that the figures are high.

I do suspect though that I may be preaching to the choir here in Homesteadblogger as homesteaders are generally more into natural stuff. So bring out your baking soda, and vinegar and lemon juice. And if you want more effectiveness, you can always try Berrysong products. :)

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - Great information

Posted by HSBFrontPorch

I didn't know the difference between those labels. My word! And that's really sad about the cancer rate for stay-at-home moms. What do you relate it to?
~Nancy

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