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Household Chemicals articlesStaying Spotless
In this day and age, with germ warfare at an all-time high, it seems every day there is a new cleaning product on the market. One will get rid of grease faster than the next, while another will sanitize your floors, walls, and air so everything is safe to touch and breathe.
In this day and age, with germ warfare at an all-time high, it seems every day there is a new cleaning product on the market. One will get rid of grease faster than the next, while another will sanitize your floors, walls, and air so everything is safe to touch and breathe.
Drowning in Greenwash
If you've bought soap, shampoo, even paper products you thought were good for the planet because they said so, you've likely been greenwashed faster than a newbie at a paintball game.
If you've bought soap, shampoo, even paper products you thought were good for the planet because they said so, you've likely been greenwashed faster than a newbie at a paintball game.
Greening your bedroom
Few pleasures in life can compare to sliding between cool, crisp sheets, snuggling down into that comfortable spot in the bed, and floating off to dreamland. It may be a restful sleep, but is it safe? Maybe not. What you can't see or feel may be harming you.
Few pleasures in life can compare to sliding between cool, crisp sheets, snuggling down into that comfortable spot in the bed, and floating off to dreamland. It may be a restful sleep, but is it safe? Maybe not. What you can't see or feel may be harming you.
Resolve to Be Green
Like most Canadians, you've probably started a list-maybe just a mental list-of changes you'd like to make in 2009. Instead of, or in addition to, resolving to lose weight or stop smoking, why not resolve to be green?
Like most Canadians, you've probably started a list-maybe just a mental list-of changes you'd like to make in 2009. Instead of, or in addition to, resolving to lose weight or stop smoking, why not resolve to be green?
Europe Reaches for Safety
There's no avoiding chemicals in today's world. They're present in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the everyday objects in our homes and cars. They also permeate our environment and our own blood, and many of them are highly toxic.
There's no avoiding chemicals in today's world. They're present in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the everyday objects in our homes and cars. They also permeate our environment and our own blood, and many of them are highly toxic.
Household Health Hazards
It's right up there with godliness: we spray, wipe, and wash our way to healthier, happier homes. Unfortunately, fresh smelling air and shiny countertops might be one of the biggest health hazards you and your family face on a daily basis.
It's right up there with godliness: we spray, wipe, and wash our way to healthier, happier homes. Unfortunately, fresh smelling air and shiny countertops might be one of the biggest health hazards you and your family face on a daily basis.
Clothing That's Good for Us and Good for the Earth
Mothproofed, fireproofed, easy-care, and permanent-pressed clothing contain harmful chemicals. Formaldehyde, an ingredient in embalming fluid and a known carcinogen, is found in most of these fabrics. Safe clothing, bedding, and towelling manufactured in an environmentally sustainable way from natural fibres are increasingly available alternatives.
Mothproofed, fireproofed, easy-care, and permanent-pressed clothing contain harmful chemicals. Formaldehyde, an ingredient in embalming fluid and a known carcinogen, is found in most of these fabrics. Safe clothing, bedding, and towelling manufactured in an environmentally sustainable way from natural fibres are increasingly available alternatives.
Clean Home, Clear Conscience
Until cheap, petroleum-based synthetics came along, all detergents were made from vegetable fats such as coconut oil. "Green cleaners including soaps, fabric softeners, laundry or dish detergents and all-purpose, glass, tile and toilet bowl cleaners are still made from plant oils.
Until cheap, petroleum-based synthetics came along, all detergents were made from vegetable fats such as coconut oil. "Green cleaners including soaps, fabric softeners, laundry or dish detergents and all-purpose, glass, tile and toilet bowl cleaners are still made from plant oils.
PBDEs
Many of us are familiar with DDT and thinning eggshells, and we may have heard about the dangers of PCBs. But most of us are unaware that another group of ubiquitous and toxic chemicals is in our midst.
Many of us are familiar with DDT and thinning eggshells, and we may have heard about the dangers of PCBs. But most of us are unaware that another group of ubiquitous and toxic chemicals is in our midst.
Teflon's Hidden Dangers
It is one of the best-known chemical inventions of the 20th centur.
It is one of the best-known chemical inventions of the 20th centur.
Your Pet and Household Hazards
Corrosive agents in household cleaners can cause vomiting, hyperactivity, and burns to the mouth and esophagus of your pet.
Corrosive agents in household cleaners can cause vomiting, hyperactivity, and burns to the mouth and esophagus of your pet.
So Clean, It's Sickening
After centuries of using simple cleaners-and elbow grease-synthetic compounds invaded our homes half a century ago. Now, cleaners are the most hazardous chemicals in your home.
After centuries of using simple cleaners-and elbow grease-synthetic compounds invaded our homes half a century ago. Now, cleaners are the most hazardous chemicals in your home.
Crack Down on Household Chemicals
You are what you eat, digest and absorb through inhalation and the pores of the skin. The skin is the largest organ of the body. When the liver is overworked, the skin takes over the elimination of toxins..
You are what you eat, digest and absorb through inhalation and the pores of the skin. The skin is the largest organ of the body. When the liver is overworked, the skin takes over the elimination of toxins..
