Is Your House Making You Sick?

<br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Georgia" size="4"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(8, 49, 148);">"Is Your House Making You Sick?"</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Georgia" size="4"><strong><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(204, 51, 51);"><b>"</b>Did You Know....."</span></strong></font><p><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(204, 51, 51);">"The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health analyzed 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products? They found:"</span> </b></font></p><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>884 were toxic </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>314 caused biological<br> mutation </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>caused reproductive<br> complications </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>caused acute toxicity </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>caused tumors </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>caused skin and eye<br> irritation </b></font></li></ul><font face="Georgia" size="4">A personal care product is defined as anything we use to clean our bodies and<b> </b>make ourselves look or smell good. These are also products we use every day:<b> </b>chlorine bleach, ammonia, air freshners, dishwashing detergents, furniture<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"> polish, beauty products, kids products, and the list goes on."</span></b><br></font><p><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Image of a man with a question mark"
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(204, 51, 51);">"And Did You Know....."</span></strong><b> </b></font></p><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Liquid dish soap is the leading cause of poisonings of kids under 6? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Liquid dish soap contains ammonia and formaldehyde? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Toothpaste contains the harmful ingredients of formaldehyde, saccharin, ethanol, ammonia, and PVP-plastic? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Over 150 chemicals in the home have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer, and<br> psychological abnormalities? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>There are no requirements for a company to disclose 100% of what is in a product on its label? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>The EPA reports toxic chemicals in our home are 3 times more likely to cause cancer than outside pollutants? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>According to the President's Toxic Substances Strategy Committee warns 90% of all cancers<br> are triggered by toxic chemicals in our HOME environment? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>CMHC reports that houses today are so energy efficient that "out gassing" of chemicals has nowhere to go, so it builds up in the home? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>The EPA warns that women working at home have a 55% higher cancer risk than those working outside the home due to the toxic chemicals in household cleaners? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>According to the EPA, a number of homes tested have toxic chemical levels 70 times higher INSIDE the home than outside? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>The Mayo clinic warns Formaldehyde in our household and personal care products can irritate the respiratory system, cause skin reactions, and trigger heart palpitations? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>The Harvard School of Public Health warns that Formaldehyde can cause headaches, depression, joint pain, chronic fatigue, chest pains, ear infections, dizziness, and loss of sleep? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>The California Public Research Group warns Phenol, used in most household disinfectants, can cause cancer, deactivate the sensory nerve endings, damage the liver,<br> kidneys and CNS? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Many of the chemicals used have never been adequately tested for their negative health effect, and almost none have been tested in combination with other chemicals? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>A product that kills 50% of lab animals through ingestion or inhalation can still be designated as "non-toxic?" </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Right-to-Know laws only cover the workforce? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>THere has been a 26% increas in breast cancer since 1982? Primary suspects are laundry detergents, bleach, household cleaners, and pesticides. </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Asthma rates has increased by 600% since 1980? Household cleaners and cosmetcis have been identified as triggers. </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>ADD/ADHD is an epidemic today? Behavioral problems have been linked to exposure to toxic chemicals and molds. </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>According tot he National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has found more than 2500 chemicals in cosmetics that are toxic, cause tumors, reproductive problems, biological mutations, and skin/eye irritations? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, arthritis, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, depression, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, irritable bowel syndrome, circulatory disorders, and hormonal problems are diseases commonly related to chemical exposure? </b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Georgia" size="4"><b>Pesticides only have to include ACTIVE ingredients on the labels? INACTIVE ingredients may account for 99% of the ingredients, many of which are toxic and poisonous. </b></font></li></ul><font face="Georgia" size="4"><br></font><br>