DANGERS OF CLEANING CHEMICALS

Let us learn about the hidden dangers of cleaning products
The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) has recorded many instances of health problems which were caused by the household cleaning materials and the problems were serious enough to require treatment by doctor. According to the AAPCC the highest number of cases of poisoning in 1993 was caused due to cleaning products such as drain cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, bleach, soaps and detergents.

In Canada, around one million cases of poisoning are due to household leaning material consumption, every year. Some of these cases have been fatal. Every year, thousands of children and adults are being permanently disfigured or injured as a result of contact with chemicals in the household products.

Our pet animals are also at the risk of consuming this chemical. Animals that don’t get clean water for drinking are more likely to drink water from puddles, gutters, toilet bowls, or any old container left sitting around with a liquid in it. Although I provide fresh and clean water to my cats but they seem to be more interested in the toilet, the sink, the bathtub, or even a basin with cleaning solution in it.

Listed below is the alphabetical list of some of the most hazardous cleansers found around the house:

AIR FRESHENERS: You try out to interfere with your smelling ability by releasing nerve-deadening agents or by coating your nasal passages with an oil film, usually methoxychlor, and a pesticide that accumulates in fat cells. Some of the common toxic chemicals found in an air freshener are formaldehyde, a highly toxic, known carcinogen, and phenol. In case the skin comes in contact with the phenol, it may result in swelling, burns, peeling of skin, and break out in hives.

AMMONIA: Ammonia is a highly volatile chemical and can damage your eyes, respiratory tract and skin.

ANTIBACTERIAL CLEANERS: Antibacterial cleaners have triclosan, which is absorbed through the skin and cause damage to your lever.

BLEACH: Bleach is a very strong corrosive. In case you come in contact with this it will irritate or burn the skin, eyes and respiratory tract. It may cause pulmonary edema or vomiting and coma if ingested. You should never, try to mix bleach with acid toilet bowl cleaners or ammonia. These mixtures can produce fumes which can be considered DEADLY.

CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY SHAMPOO: Most of shampoos of this type are designed to remove the stain itself; they can completely remove the stain but not without using highly toxic substances. Some of these shampoos include perchlorethylene, a known carcinogen which can damage liver, kidney and nervous system; and ammonium hydroxide, a corrosive, which is very irritating to eyes, skin and respiratory passages.

CHLORINE: Chlorine was the first agent of chemical warfare. This was used during world war-II and this war ended with an abundance of this cheap chemical. On the name of great benefits it was mixed with our water supply and many other products. The main cause of breast cancer is the chlorine and it can prove very lethal. At all costs scientists won’t handle chlorine without protective gloves, facemasks, and ventilation. But still this can be found in most of the cleaning agents, including dishwasher detergents. The deadly effects of chlorine get enhanced when the fumes are being heated, as is the case in a shower. Chlorine can be found in our drinking water, swimming pools, Jacuzzis, and more.

DISHWASHER DETERGENTS: Many of the products have dry chlorine and that to with a very high percentage. The number one cause of household poisoning is dish detergent. Most of the dishwashing liquids label has the warning written on them as” harmful if swallowed.” The residue of dishwashing agent keeps on piling up on the dishes with each wash. Your food also gets their share of these residue particles, especially if your meal is hot when you eat it.

FURNITURE POLISH: Most of the furniture polishes contain petroleum distillates, which are highly flammable. These polishes can cause damage skin and lung cancer. These polishes also contain nitrobenzene, which is extremely toxic and can be easily absorbed through the skin.

LAUNDRY ROOM PRODUCTS: Phosphorus, enzymes, ammonia, naphthalene, phenol, sodium nitilotriacetate and countless other chemicals are the main contents of the laundry cleaning materials. These materials are very harmful and may cause rashes, itches, allergies, sinus problems and more. These detergents leave their residue your clothes, bed sheets, etc. and can be absorbed by your skin.

OVEN CLEANER: Oven cleaner is one of the most toxic agents used in household. These cleaners contain lye and ammonia, which can eat out the skin and the fumes, can damage the respiratory system. Every cleaning leaves some residue on the oven which gets intensified the next time you turn your oven on. You can use sea salt and baking soda instead of cleaning agent.

TOILET BOWL CLEANERS: Generally toilet bowl cleaners contain hydrochloric acid and hypochlorite bleach. Hydrochloric acid is highly corrosive and can irritation to skin and eyes and may damage kidneys and liver. Hypochlorite bleach is also very corrosive and can burn eyes, skin and respiratory tract. This type of cleaning agents may also cause pulmonary edema, vomiting or coma if ingested. If the se cleaners come in contact with other type of cleaners may produce chlorine which is very fatal.

Think once again if you assume that whatever is sold to is very safe and can not be harmful. Some 80,000 synthetic chemicals have been invented since the world war-II. Most of these are obtained from petroleum and coal tar for the purposes of chemical warfare. The sad part of the story is that most of these chemicals have never been tested for safety, but have been added to our food, water and cleaning products without even asking us and often without any warnings of danger. Nowadays there is lot of intentional pressure on this industry which invents about 1000 new products every year.

More than 80% of the chemicals which are used in everyday-use product provide no toxic information, as per the National Research Council. On the test front, less than 20% have been tested for acute effects and less than 10% have been tested for chronic, reproductive or mutagenic effects. Most of the chemicals have not been tested for combined or accumulated effects, or for their effects on unborn children.

What sort of steps you can take to protect your loved ones from chemical injury and poisoning, in this scenario.

The very first thing you can do is to get enough education and information on the products and look for the more safe options.

The second thing you can do is to cut down on the use of harsh chemicals. Immediately clean spills and stains, throw away the food waste promptly, keep home moisture/humidity down to 30-50%, and use entry way mats at all entrances.

The third thing you can do is to store all cleaning agents in their original containers out of the reach of children. Strictly follow the manufacturer’s instructions for use and also adhere to the quantity recommended. Read labels, follow safety precautions and contact the manufacturer if you have questions.

If you go by the definition of the cleaning which means that we clean our homes to reduce damage or harm to human and pet health, and to protect our valued possessions. So, be careful and do not make the solutions worse than the problem itself.
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"There are about 9,000 chemicals on the market today that have not been fully tested for safety," said Urvashi Rangan, senior scientist at Consumer Union.  "That's not to say they're all dangerous. It all depends on how much you're exposed to and for how long. But a better rule of thumb to go by is just using less to get these jobs done."http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/green/How_safe_are_your__green__cleaning_products_.html

It is commonly known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity.  But did you know that obesity may be linked to chemicals found in many common household and garden items?  Recently, it was discovered that phthalates (a chemical widely used as a plasticizers or a softener of plastics to make it malleable) was linked to obesity/weight gain, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and lowered testicular function.  There is no question that diet and activity levels play a large role in obesity in Americans today but added to this causation of the fattening of Americans can be toxic exposure.  In a study published in the medical journal, Diabetes Care, researchers found that Persistent Organic Pollutants or POPs were found related to the development of insulin resistance.  Those with elevated levels of POPs like dioxin, PCBs, chlordane, DDT and others were 38 times more likely to develop diabetes than those who did not have the same level of exposure.  These POPs are fat soluble meaning that they can be stored in your fat cells disrupting your endocrine (thyroid, sex hormones and adrenal function), reproductive, neurological, and immune systems.  They have also been related to a number of cancers including hormonally related cancers such as breast.  Thin people who have diabetes can also have this relationship as one of the root causes of the insulin resistance and diabetes.  Many POPs are in or have been used in pesticides that are found in our food, seafood (fish can have a high concentration of PCBs and DDT as well as heavy metals such as mercury) and in the air we breathe.  If you live in an area where there is a lot of farming and spraying this may be of concern to you.  Synthetic perfumes also contain POPs which are difficult to detoxify by the body.  Some ways to reduce your chemical burden include eliminating all

Room deodorizers
Synthetic perfumes
Household cleaners with synthetic fragrances
Scented detergents
Scented fabric softeners
Air out all dry cleaning in your garage or other area not adjacent to living areas. 
http://www.greenhealthspot.com/2007/10/common-toxins-l.html

My process of getting better

Through my journey to getting well from cancer, chemotherapy  and many other health problems the first thing I learned is how bad the currant state of our foods are for our health. Understanding the degenerating effects they have on our body is crucial to staying free from disease. Just by eliminating them I was able to see great improvement in my overall health. These processed food ingredients I listed  I believe are some of the main culprits of health problems we face today. The process foods I listed have been shown to be linked to things like cancer, diabetes, hormonal imbalance, heart disease, auto disease's, vitamin, mineral deficiency's and much much more!  We must also not forget there are many other chemicals (nano particles and glyphosates) in our environment that are also linked to disease.

These food ingredient all have one thing in common they all damage the gut. Modern science is just starting to realized what Hippocrates was right when he said " all disease begins the gut"  80 percent of your immune system resides in the gut and your brain health directly retaliated  to your gut  "the vagus nerve is the primary route your gut bacteria use to transmit information to your brain."(Mercola). "90 percent of its fibers carry information from the gut to the brain............In other words, the brain interprets gut signals as emotions". The gut harbors over a 100,000 million thousand neurons(brain cells).  About 20 percent of T4 is converted to T3 in the GI tract. So gut issues inhibit your thyroid. Just by knowing how much our body relies on it you can Image the Implications of a compromised  gut can cause.

Process foods cause gut issues such as constipation, dysbiosis, bloatines, irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis, leaky gut syndrome, candidia, malabsorption, ext..  Once you eliminate the process foods and your toxin load is when you begin on your path to healing because you've eliminate a main contributing factor to being in bad health.  You then can bring in the things that repair the damage that has been done (which I talk about in a other article)  starting first with repairing the gut damage. Gut issues are related to somethings  things like weight gain, autism, diabetes and auto immune  problems. Since we deal with toxins daily it's impossible to avoid we have to take protective elmements for the  body to Sustian itself and not be broken down. For a example vitamin c and sulfur is well documented to detox​ chemicals out the body. Iodine and pectin are also known for there radiation detoxing effects. Our detoxification organs have been compromised  and need support. For many disease it is a result of a slow process that go's unotice of accumulating poisons in our body's over the years.  They blame there parants genes which take out the responsibility of finding a solution. When your diet lifestyle choice can promote expression of inherital genes. To fix the problem you must first know the cause. This is one reasons many never make the connection to their health problems but they rather blame it on genetics.

Our body gives off symtoms all the time when were doing something  wrong like heart burns, headaches, stomachs problems, asthma and allergies. These symptoms​ are seen today as something regular and somewhat normal. They just give a pill to mask the problem when they easily can be stop just by stoping the source, the root cause of the problem.  When I improved my diet and lifestyle I saw a lot these symptoms either completely leave me or greatly improved. 

You will start to realize that theses Food ingredients are almost in everything we eat today. We must listen to body's and be fined tuned what our body telling weather good or bad.

Eating foods in there natural state are what we are designed to eat. Not foods that GMO and lace with chemicals. Weston A Price prove good health comes from real unprocessed food in the 1920s by traveling all over the world and seeing many cultures eat many different things. The primitive tribes he found were in perfect health with no trace of our modern disease. The one thing they all had in common is they did not eat process foods. As soon he found tribe or area that has been introduced to modern industrialized food he would find tooth decay along with many other disease's and infections. 

He found many diverse diets some ranging from high meat, high fat to low meat to low fat; none were ever vegetarian and some eat a high carb diet as well. But they all eat food in there traditional natural state. He would eliminate the cause and bring in nourishing foods to  heal the body. He proved in a state denigration you can regenerate your body!