Using safer non toxic products are one of the ways we can help our families stay healthy!
Educating ourselves about ingredients found in cleaning products ,cosmetics , and pharmaceutical products we use is time well spent.
Did you know , that a baby shampoo can have fameldahyde in it . Fameldahyde, is a well known cancer causing agent. Why would want to put that on your baby.
Our indoor air quality can be very bad.
We use air fresheners to mask orders , we are doing just that, were masking it .We are not getting rid the odor . Depending on what we use we could be making it worse by putting a toxic chemicals in our air that you and your children are breathing in. There are alternatives to use, like burning nontoxic scented candle. One's that has a lead free wick . Make your own potpourri by placing spices like cinnamon and allspice, or other spices you like the smell of and put them in a pan of simmering water above the stove. or cinninmon sticks on a cookie sheet and place in heated oven to 200 or lower . Your whole house can smell like you''ve been baking . What is a more pleasent smell than that. You just might However, make yourself and your family very hungry for pie or cookies .
Aditional Resources : for what to do about indoor air pollution;
www.epa.gov/iaq/
EPA brochure www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html)
Mayo Clinic's indoor air pollutions: Is " Home Sweet Home" hazardous to your health?
