Written by Dr Sharyn Martin for ASEHA Qld Inc 2005

Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are being commercially produced with 1500 new chemicals being introduced each year (UK Royal Commission www.rcep.uk.org). The majority of these chemicals have not been adequately tested for their effects on human adult health much less tested for their impact on children and the developing fetus. We are exposed to many of these in our homes in the form of consumer products such as TVs & computers, children’s toys, furniture, carpets & other types of flooring, cosmetics, fragrances etc.

Here is a list of common household products:

The Toxic Danger of Fabric Softener and Dryer Sheets

Many people will remember a famous TV ad where a woman races to her washing machine, fabric softener in hand, only to arrive just as the wash ends. This woman who "forgot to ad the fabric softener" was actually doing herself and her family a favor.

Posted: Monday, 18 December 2006 11:57AM

Occurred in a factory that makes household detergents and soaps.

By: Mayo Clinic Staff

The average home is full of items that can poison a child. Some of them are self-evident — roach spray and rat poison. But others are more surprising, such as iron pills, furniture polish, windshield washer fluid and mouthwash. 

Victim Was Trying to Clean Empty Tank With Bleach When He Lost Consciousness
By Katherine Rosenberg, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. 

ST. GEORGE, Utah—Jan Hester said she was locked inside her bathroom overcome by bleach and ammonia fumes for nearly 20 minutes before the door was finally opened.  She slumped into a hallway.