Did You Know........

• A majority of all cancers (80-90%) are triggered by exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. (As reported to the President by the Toxic Substances Strategy Committee in 1980)
• Because of common household chemicals, the air found in the average American household is 3 to 70 times more hazardous to your health than outdoor air pollutants. (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Women who stay at home have a 55% greater risk of developing cancer than women working outside the home. (Result of a 10 year study reported at Indoor Air ’90 conference in Toronto)
• There’s a suspected link between the environment and the astonishing increase to childhood cancer, learning disorders and childhood asthma in the last 40 years. (Centers for Disease Control)
• Indoor air pollution is a suspected culprit in sudden infant death syndrome which will take about 5,000 U.S. lives this year. (PoisoningOurChildren’s Nobel Press; 1991)
• Seventy thousand new chemicals that have been introduced since World War II were developed out of the extensive research in chemical warfare. Now thousands of these chemicals are appearing on the shelves of your grocery stores – to clean your clothes, your floor, your hair, your teeth, and your oven. (The California Public Interest Research Group)
• Of chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities. (ConsumerProductSafety Council)
• That formaldehyde (in toiletries, cosmetics and cleaning supplies) is a potential carcinogen; it is also suspected of causing birth defects and genetic damage. It can be hidden under 27 different names. (NationalInstitute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• That the FDA requires labeling for cholesterol, but not for carcinogens.The Safe Shopper’s Bible
• That 30 of 55 toxic chemicals – many carcinogins – were found in more than 50% of human body fat samples. (EPA)
• “More children under the age of four die of accidental poisonings at home than there are accidentally killed with guns”. (National SafetyCouncil)
What about your family? Are you ready to eliminate the probable health hazards of the toiletries, cosmetics, and household products your family now uses?

Why would anyone use unsafe products if they knew there was a safe, cost-effective alternative?

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