Are You Spring Cleaning With Toxins?

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Every day I hear about a friend with cancer.  I don’t know if cancer is really on the rise, or if social media means I just find out about it more.  These aren’t strangers though.  These are my friends: some young, some old, some live near me, some are across the country.  The cancer part of our prayer list is really long.

I hate cancer.   No one knows the cause of an individual illess, unless there was a big environmental problem such as smoking or prolonged asbestos exposure that is glaring.

Baby after bath

On the other hand there are chemicals that are KNOWN to cause cancer used in common every day products like baby shampoo, laundry soap, hand sanitizer, and air freshener.  We might not be able to avoid all risk factors leading to cancer, but we can do something about THIS.

Don’t be mislead.  Just making your own cleaning products will not keep you safe. If your recipe contains ammonia or bleach, it’s not safe.  Plus, many recipes such as homemade laundry detergent, are a combinations of purchased ingredients. Does the soap base for your homemade detergent have SLS, SLES, parabens or 1,4 Dioxine in it?  If it does, it’s not safe.

I made a video for you that scratches the surface of what you should look out for.  Below I’ve added a lot of links below to source the information that’s in the video.  If you want to do your own research, it’s a starting point.

 

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More Resources

 What to look for in laundry detergents

Tide to reduce not eliminate 1,4 Dioxane

More on Tide and here

More on Laundry

Baby Shampoo

Triclosan

Breast Cancer and Triclosan

Dishwashing Products to Avoid

Is Ajax hand dishwashing detergent safe?

National Cancer Institute Speaks out about Formaldehyde

Cancer.org’s list of known cancer causing agents

How Toxic are Your Cleaning Supplies?

What’s so Dangerous about Bleach?

More on Bleach

Even more on bleach

Clorox corporate’s defense of bleach

6 Common Household Products known to cause cancer

5 Household products that increase your risk of  breast cancer

More on Breast Cancer prevention

Why you should avoid Ammonia

More on Ammonia