Products you use every day

Here is a list of common household products: Many common household products contain chemicals That may gradually be making you and your family members sick   CLOROX Sodium Hypochlorite Corrosive Sensitizer. Can be fatal is swallowed. Eye, skin and respiratory tract irritant. Especially hazardous for people with heart conditions and asthma. DOVE BEAUTY BAR Quartanium 15 - formaldehyde Carcinogen, Neurotoxic. May cause dermatitis Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) Carcinogen     WINDEX Butyl Cellosoive Neurotoxic. Eye and skin irritant. Dangerous to central nervous system, liver, and kidneys. Easily absorbed through skin. Damages blood and the body's ability make blood Isobutane Neurotoxic JOHNSON'S BABY SHAMPOO Quartanium 15 - formaldehyde Carcinogen, dermatitis, neurotoxic, sensitizer, poisonous, irritant to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes. FD & C RED 40 Carcinogen. Causes contact dermatitis TIDE & CHEER LAUNDRY DETERGENTS Detergent Can cause temporary respiratory tract irritation. Symptoms include stinging, swelling, and redness Sodium Silicate Can be corrosive. Can cause burns to eyes, tissue damage to skin, as well as cause burns to mouth, throat and stomach if swallowed. Sodium Sulfate Corrosive, severe eye skin and respiratory irritant. Can cause asthma attacks. Trisodium Nitrilotriacetate Carcinogen Washing Soda Caustic. Can cause eye burns, potential injury with prolonged contact. LYSOL DISINFECTANT Dioxin Carcinogen. 500 times more deadly then DDT Ethyl Alcohol Eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritant FANTASTIC and FORMULA 409 Butyl Cellosoive Neurotoxic, eye and skin irritant, damages central nervous system, liver and kidneys. Readily absorbed through the skin. Damages blood and the body's ability to make blood.   Details on hundreds of unsafe common household products can be found in "The Safe Shopper's Bible" by Dr. Samuel Epstein, MD and David Steinman. The Lysol data is from "The Environmental Health Newsletter"

 

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