How Important is Your Families Health?

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January 3, 2004

How Important is Your Family?
How Important is Your Families Health?

The following article has been "cut" due to its length. You may view the
article in its entirety at: TOXINS, Chemical Warfare Agents And Toxic Waste
Disguised As Household Cleaning Products 1-18-02, by Lorie Dwornick

The following information is intended to help you make an informed decision
about the types of household cleaning products you choose to use for yourself
and your families.

You are what you eat, digest and absorb. What you absorb includes what is
absorbed through inhalation and the skin, which happens to be the largest organ
of the body. When the liver is overworked, the skin takes over with the
elimination of toxins. Unfortunately, many toxins are not that easy to
eliminate. Since WWII more than 80,000 synthetic chemicals have been invented.
Most have been created from petroleum and coal tar for the purposes of chemical
warfare.

The sad thing is that hardly any of these substances have been tested for
safety, but have been added to our food, water and cleaning products without
our consent and most often without informing us of any dangers. There is a lot
of intentional suppression in this industry that adds approximately 1000 new
chemicals each year. According to the National Research Council, "no toxic
information is available for more than 80% of the chemicals in everyday-use
products. Less than 20% have been tested for acute effects and less than 10%
have been tested for chronic, reproductive or mutagenic effects." More than 4.5
billion chemicals are known and 50,000 are commercially distributed.

What's worse is that tests are only done on single chemicals. There is never
any testing done on combinations, which we're exposed to on a daily basis.
Imagine what your lifetime exposure is. It requires a team of scientists, 300
mice, more than $300,000 US, and 2-3 years to determine whether one single
suspect chemical causes cancer. These mice have much higher immune systems than
we do. Governments are at the mercy of economic agendas. Industry interests
almost always win over issues regarding health or government regulation.

Only 1% of toxins are required to be listed on labels. This is mainly because
the products don't make any claims about safety. Companies can also classify
them as "trade secrets" to avoid listing them. Many of the ingredients labeled
"inert" are actually more toxic than the active
ingredients. If you don't know what it is, don't use it. The chemical
companies spend billions of dollars each year brainwashing us. Ninety-one
percent of the population applies 300-million pounds of these poisons annually,
often indoors. City dwellers use more chemicals per acre than farmers and
spend more than $1 billion annually.

Most household cleaners contain toxic chemicals. Ammonia is in almost all of
them and is lethal if combined with bleach (forming chloramine). Industry
requires readily accessible information about chemicals used in the workplace
that includes the effects of combining chemicals. The main manual, Workplace
Hazardous Materials Identification System (WHMIS), contains Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDS). Have a look at this manual. You may be surprised at how
dangerous some products are that you use, unsuspectingly, in your home on a
regular basis.

The government acknowledges that these cleaning products are hazardous, but
regulation only requires labels to indicate if they a combustible,
corrosive, poison, caution, etc. One Million poisonings in Canada each year are
due to household cleaner ingestion. Some are fatal.


The #1 cause of household poisoning is dish detergent! What kinds of chemicals
are in those products? These statistics were given before the recent hype over
anti-bacterials, which are even worse. Certain types of bacteria are necessary
and beneficial. They eat decaying debris and keep the "bad" bacteria in
balance. Nature is always safest and was never intended to destroy, like
chemicals are. Each time you wash your dishes, some residue is left on them.
The residue accumulates with each washing. Your food picks up part of the
residue, especially if your meal is hot and you ingest it. Dishwashing liquids
are labeled "harmful if swallowed." Most contain Naphtha, a CNS depressant,
diethanolsamine, a liver poison, and/or chlorophenylphenol, a toxic metabolic
stimulant. Do you want to be using harmful products to clean dishes that you
and your family are going to be eating off of?

I spilled some Brand X dish soap on the grass, which I immediately soaked with
water until there were no more suds. About a week later the grass was dead. If
it kills the grass, what is it doing to us? Many household products contain
harmful chemicals. For example, formaldehyde is in almost all cleaning
products, including laundry detergents, toothpaste and shampoo. Laundry
detergents contain phosphorus, ammonia, naphthalene, phenol, sodium
nitilotriacetate and countless others. These chemicals can cause rashes,
itches, allergies, sinus problems and more. The residue left on your clothes,
bed sheets, etc. is absorbed through your skin, as is everything else you
touch. Don't fall prey to the bombardment of advertisements strongly suggesting
that you absolutely need these products. You don't, but their profit margins
do.

If declining health is what you desire, use these products. Disinfectants are
usually phenol or cresol based and deactivate sensory nerve endings. They
attack the liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, and the central nervous system
(CNS) and it takes over a year to eliminate the unhealthy effects of spraying 2
ounces, even with heavy cross ventilation. Oven cleaners are one of the most
toxic products people use. They contain lye and ammonia, which eat the skin,
and the fumes linger and affect the respiratory system.

Then there's the residue that Ã*s intensified the next time you turn your oven
on. Use sea salt and baking soda instead. Air fresheners interfere with your
ability to smell by releasing nerve-deadening agents or coating nasal passages
with an oil film, usually methoxychlor, a pesticide that accumulates in fat
cells and over-stimulates the CNS. Dryer sheets fall into this category. They
are extremely toxic. Avoid them. (The only reason you require fabric softeners
is because the chemicals in laundry soap create the static. It may take several
washings with chemical free detergents to eliminate the chemical residue
static. Your patience will be well rewarded.)

Baby shampoos advertised as gentle and "no tears" contain some of the worst
chemicals, including anesthetizing agents to cover up the burning sensation
that would otherwise be caused when the chemicals contact the eyes. Imagine
what effect these agents have on the eyes and brain, especially after repeated
uses. Effects of these toxic chemicals include: illness, allergies, asthma,
ear infections, learning disabilities, nervous disorders, respiratory
difficulties, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, fibromyalgia, miscarriages,
infertility, cancer, lupus, MS, kidney disease, thyroid and endocrine
imbalances, migranes, and more.

The American Cancer Society stated "environmental pollution causes cancer,
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, coughing, asthma, nervous disorders, emphysema,
wheezing, nasal congestion, burning eyes, headache, burning, tingling, skin
flushing, muscle aches, irritability, mental confusion, un-coordination,
hyperactivity and other debilitating illnesses."

The EPA depends on industry-sponsored tests for approval. In 1981, one company
was found guilty of falsifying over 90% of more than 2000 studies. Those
products are still readily available.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Chemicals Commonly Found in Homes
identified 150 as linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological
abnormalities. Ten percent cause high blood pressure (HBP) and migraines and
20% are responsible for mental disturbances.

Personal care and cleaning products are very toxic. Prior to WWII they didn't
exist, homes were clean, and people had fewer health problems. Do we really
want to compromise our health so the chemical companies can become wealthy? How
many toxic bombs are lurking in your home?

If you don't like what is contained in the products offered in your stores, let
it be known and switch products. Encourage industry to be responsible for their
products, as we must be with our purchases. Educate your friends, neighbors and
loved ones. Don't ever give anyone authority over your body or your health. It
is your responsibility to be informed.

Lorie Dwornick is a researcher, educator and activist living in Winnipeg, MB.
She found out first-hand about the corruption in "the system" through
cover-ups, fabrications and deception affecting her own health. This started
her trek to get the answers she'd been denied. When she learns of something she
feels others need their eyes opened up to, she makes it known so they don't
have to go through the kind of ongoing ordeal that's been imposed upon her
since becoming the victim of an accident many years ago.

Please, do all you can to protect yourself and family from common household
toxins before it's too late.

For more info on how to protect your family you must go to the web site,
review, and touch off on “request info�
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