Cancer, asthma, and life-threatening allergies are on the rise. According to the American Cancer Society, cancer is the number one cause of death for children in disease related incidences. Also, in just the past twenty years rates of asthma have doubled.
A possible cause for these spikes is that in just the last 50 years over 70,000 man-made chemicals have been created. These chemicals are being added to the foods we eat and the household cleaners we use everyday to clean our homes. The majority of these chemicals, especially the ones used in cleaning products have never been tested for their harmful long-term effects on humans. Now more and more literature is showing that the long term exposure to many of these daily household chemicals is detrimental to human health.
We often take precautions to keep household cleaning chemicals out of reach of children and pets. We exercise precaution to avoid incidences of poisoning through ingestion. We are aware that oral consumption of such chemicals can be deadly. However, what we may not have been cognizant of is that simply using the chemicals according to the directions on the label is also life threatening. This is because the chemicals are being internalized by our breath and through our skin. Many household cleaning products …show more content…
It would be nice to think that manufacturers were not selling unsafe products to the public. Unfortunately they are and the only way for us to protect ourselves is through awareness. This awareness for many has come to light after much suffering and expensive hospital and doctor visits. Chemical sensitivity is a fact of life for many. Respiratory conditions, allergies and cancer due to chemicals can be stopped if we become knowledgeable about what may be causing such ailments and start using natural products that are safe for us and the
A possible cause for these spikes is that in just the last 50 years over 70,000 man-made chemicals have been created. These chemicals are being added to the foods we eat and the household cleaners we use everyday to clean our homes. The majority of these chemicals, especially the ones used in cleaning products have never been tested for their harmful long-term effects on humans. Now more and more literature is showing that the long term exposure to many of these daily household chemicals is detrimental to human health.
We often take precautions to keep household cleaning chemicals out of reach of children and pets. We exercise precaution to avoid incidences of poisoning through ingestion. We are aware that oral consumption of such chemicals can be deadly. However, what we may not have been cognizant of is that simply using the chemicals according to the directions on the label is also life threatening. This is because the chemicals are being internalized by our breath and through our skin. Many household cleaning products …show more content…
It would be nice to think that manufacturers were not selling unsafe products to the public. Unfortunately they are and the only way for us to protect ourselves is through awareness. This awareness for many has come to light after much suffering and expensive hospital and doctor visits. Chemical sensitivity is a fact of life for many. Respiratory conditions, allergies and cancer due to chemicals can be stopped if we become knowledgeable about what may be causing such ailments and start using natural products that are safe for us and the