A recent article in the New York Times recounts the journey of a pregnant mother named Laura MacCleery, who was determined to clear her house of toxic chemicals for the health of her child. To her surprise, she ended up throwing away almost all of her cosmetics, shampoo, detergents and sink cleaners due to them containing various toxic chemicals. The danger of this for mothers is that pesticides, fire retardants and PCBs contained in these products can be found in the umbilical cord blood of newborns, leading to the development of possible health problems. What bothers Ms. MacCleery is that currently we can all shop our way to purchase products containing low amounts of toxins; however, what we need are rules and systems in place to protect our health. 25 March 2012
Efforts To Thwart Household Toxicity
A recent article in the New York Times recounts the journey of a pregnant mother named Laura MacCleery, who was determined to clear her house of toxic chemicals for the health of her child. To her surprise, she ended up throwing away almost all of her cosmetics, shampoo, detergents and sink cleaners due to them containing various toxic chemicals. The danger of this for mothers is that pesticides, fire retardants and PCBs contained in these products can be found in the umbilical cord blood of newborns, leading to the development of possible health problems. What bothers Ms. MacCleery is that currently we can all shop our way to purchase products containing low amounts of toxins; however, what we need are rules and systems in place to protect our health. 
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There are suitable alternatives if you take the time to look them up, but it's rare for people to even question the toxicity of things they buy at the grocery store. Their innocuousness is assumed.
ReplyDeleteLooking online, you can find lists like this: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44258903/ns/today-today_health/t/toxic-chemicals-you-should-banish-your-home/#.T2_kF9XLt9Q