Changing Brands Can Change Your Life.: Do You Hold Your Breath When You Clean?

I was reminded again how chemicals can make us sick!

As I left a local business today I walked through an entry way that was fogged with a window cleaner. The gal was washing windows. As I hurried out the door I commented "man does that stink". I tried to hold my breath as I got out of there as fast as I could. With just those few seconds I could feel a difference in my head.

It reminded me of a presentation that I did last night on how changing brands can change your life.

I held up a card and read some ingredients that are in everyday cleaners.
Here are four chemicals and some of the products they are in.
(If you watched "The Toxic Brew" from my last post some will look & sound familiar.)

BUTYL CELLOSVE:
* Linked to reproductive harm
* Can cause irritation & tissue damage from inhalation
* Exposure for 15 mins. while cleaning the shower, could inhale 3 X the acute exposure limit
* Exposure through the skin

SOME PRODUCTS:
Windex, 409 & 409 Wipes, Simple Green-All Purpose Cleaner, Pledge- Electronics, Fantastik Antibacterial, Spot Shot Carpet Stain Remover, plus many more.

I ask you how can you spray a window cleaner on a window & not inhale it???
Think about all the people you know who are having trouble getting pregnant. Could the chemicals in our cleaners play a part in that too?

HYDROCHLORIC ACID:
* Severe damage to skin & eyes
* Throat irritation even when exposed briefly & at low levels
* Can be fatal if swallowed
* Linked to Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (Asthma)
* DO NOT INHALE

SOME PRODUCTS:
Febreze, Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner, SHOUT Advanced, Lime-A-Way, plus many others.

A Vet home from Iraq said they used Febreze all over. At times they couldn't wash clothes for weeks & just used Febreze for the smell. He said I wonder if that is why 95% of the Vets have asthma coming home?

Have you noticed how many products now have Febreze added to it? Even some sweeper bags now contain Febreze!

Many of these products are not designed for us to breath so why do we have them in our homes!?!?

SODIUM HYDROXIDE:
* Causes 75% of all caustic injury to the esophagus of kids under 5 years old.
* Can cause burns in tissues-eyes, skin, mouth, & throat
* Can cause chronic skin irritation
* Can cause irritation to the respiratory track
* Can cause liver & kidney damage

SOME PRODUCTS:
Tide, Clorox, Lysol, Soft Scrub, Cascade, Palmolive, Woolite, Comet Bleach, Easy-Off, Drano, 409, plus many more.

This is a picture of a baby who was snuggled against someone who had used some of these chemicals in their laundry. The baby cried for over an hour while the parents were gone. The babysitter couldn't understand why he was crying. When the parents got home he was broken out in a rash, his eyes were swollen & smelled like very strong laundry products. They immediately gave him a bath & the baby started to settle down. The baby's parents use only chemical free products in their home.

After looking at this picture doesn't it make sense to check out your laundry proucts. Are they as safe as they could be?

LYE-POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
* Harmful if swallowed or inhaled
* Can cause severe eye & skin burns
* Can cause severe respiratory & digestive burns
* Repeated skin contact may cause Dermatitis (Eczema)

SOME PRODUCTS:
Lysol, Cascade, Murphy Oil Soap, Pantene Style Hairspray, Olay Active Hydrating Cream, plus many more.

After seeing the side effects in many of these cleaning products no wonder we are having so many health issues!

Let's take a look at what I found out as I researched cleaners.

Part 1

A mom shares her story of her son having asthma

due to their cleaning products.