Are You Still Poisoning Yourself? Sandy Halliday - The Beast 's Fitness Blog

Are You Still Poisoning Yourself? Sandy Halliday
on 7/2/2009 \| filed in: Health

Thousands of children and adults are permanently disfigured or
injured through contact with chemicals in the home, each year.

Incredibly, the most common substance to poison children is
a household cleaner yet many of these products are considered
safe!

The labels on products only have to warn of the acute (immediate)
harms from ingesting a product, breathing the fumes, or contact
with the eyes and skin. They don't reveal the harms of chronic
(long-term) exposure to the chemicals in these products.

Chemicals from these products get into the atmosphere and
you breathe them in. They get into your bloodstream from your
lungs. Your liver gets overloaded with these chemicals they
get stored in your cells.

If you have too many chemicals, then you can get cancer of
the bladder, cancer of the bowel, cancer of the lung. Are you
beginning to see the picture? These chemicals go all over your
body. They can affect your brain and your muscles and every
area of your body can be affected.

Think of your own home - how many of these harmful cleaning
products do you have?

- LIQUID BLEACH - Vapors have been shown to interfere with
brain function. Vapors have been shown to aggravate heart
conditions and asthma. Suspected to affect reproductive system.

- TOILET BOWL CLEANER - Vapors have been shown to
interfere with brain function and produce asthma-like symptoms.
Can cause muscle spasms, damage to blood tissue and
reproductive disorders.

- FURNITURE POLISH - Contains phenol, petroleum distillates,
heavy naptha. Repeated exposure have been linked to cancer,
birth defects, heart, liver, kidney and central nervous system
(CNS) damage.

- STAINLESS STEEL CLEANER - Contains methyl chloride,
carbon dioxide. Repeated exposure has been linked to central
nervous system damage. Vapors can induce heart attacks.

- AEROSOL DUSTING SPRAY - Propellants are butane and
propane. Exposure can cause central nervous system (CNS)
disorders. Can irritate lungs, triggering asthma-like symptoms.

- OVEN CLEANER - Contains lye, ammonia. Fumes have
damaged the lungs and reproductive systems of laboratory
animals. Can cause brain damage, kidney damage and reproductive
disorders.

- BRASS, COPPER, SILVER POLISH - Contains benzene,
ammonia and petroleum distillates. Possible harms include
central nervous system (CNS) disorders, cancer and asthma-like
symptoms.

- CARPET SHAMPOO - Contains 2-butoxy ethanol, formaldehyde,
perchlorethylene. Long-term harms include cancer, liver damage,
kidney damage, bone marrow damage, CNS disorders.

- CARPET STAIN REMOVER - Contains 2-butoxy ethanol,
formaldehyde, perchlorethylene. Long-term harms include
cancer, liver damage, kidney damage, bone marrow damage,
CNS disorder.

- UPHOLSTERY STAIN REMOVER - Contains 2-butoxy ethanol,
formaldehyde, perchlorethylene. Long-term harms include cancer,
liver damage, kidney damage, bone marrow damage, CNS disorders.

- DISINFECTANT CLEANER - Contains phenol, 2-butoxy ethanol,
formaldehyde. Harms include cancer, CNS disorders, liver damage,
reproductive disorders, kidney damage.

- POWDERED BLEACH - Long-term exposure to dust can
cause sensitivities, chronic lung irritation and asthma-like
symptoms.

- AEROSOL AIR FRESHENER - Contains butane, propane,
ammonia, phenol and formaldehyde. Linked to cancer, CNS
damage, liver damage and tumors.

- WINDOW CLEANER - Contains ammonia and 2-butoxy ethanol.
Linked to reproductive disorders, kidney damage, liver damage,
bone marrow damage and tumors.

- ALL-PURPOSE CLEANER - Contains ammonia, 2-butoxy ethanol
and phenol. Linked to cancer, reproductive disorders, kidney and liver
damage. Can cause chronic lung irritation.

- BASIN, TUB & TILE CLEANER - Contains 2-butoxy ethanol,
ammonia. Liked to tumors, CNS disorders, liver damage, kidney
damage, reproductive disorders.

- TILE/HARD WATER SPOT REMOVER - Contains lye, bleach,
various acids. Linked to chronic lung irritation, asthma, bronchitis.
Vapors can affect the nervous system and trigger heart attacks.

- FLOOR CLEANER - Contains petroleum distillates, ammonia.
Linked to cancer, CNS disorders, tumors, kidney damage, liver
damage. Fumes can produce asthma-like symptoms.

- SCOURING POWDER WITH BLEACH - Contains bleach and
quartz silicate. Inhalation of quartz silicate is know to cause cancer.
When wet, this product releases chlorine gas, which is toxic.

- DRAIN CLEANER - Contains, bleach, lye. Vapors can cause
central nervous system depression, can aggravate heart conditions,
asthma and bronchitis.

- AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING LIQUID - Contains ethyl alcohol,
bleach and heavy fragrances. Vapors can cause depression of the
nervous system, nausea, lung irritation and in severe cases,
coma and death.

- AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING POWDER - Contains sodium
silicate, bleach. Repeated or prolonged exposure to vapors or
dust can cause irritation of the lungs, CNS disorders and in severe
cases, death.

- DISHWASHING LIQUID - Contains ethanol, glycol ethers,
formaldehyde, ammonia. Mixing product with bleach can produce
toxic fumes. Repeated exposure can cause asthma - like
symptoms and harm the CNS.

- LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT - Contains ethanol, triethylene
glycol. Repeated exposure to fumes can cause chronic lung
irritation. Repeated contact with skin can cause dermatitis.

- POWDERED LAUNDRY DETERGENT - Contains sodium
silicate, sodium carbonate, bleach. Exposure to dust can cause
CNS depression, labored breathing and in severe cases, death.

- LIQUID FABRIC SOFTENER - Formaldehyde, artificial fragrances.
Chemicals are designed to cling to clothing - causing exposure to
harmful ingredients all day long.

- FABRIC SOFTENER SHEETS - Prolonged exposure to
chemicals can cause headache, CNS depression, nausea.
Can cause nose and throat irritation, labored breathing.

- POWDERED CARPET DEODORIZER - Contains sodium
aluminosilicate - a suspected human carcinogen. Exposure
to dust can cause lung irritation, asthma-like symptoms and
headache.

- AEROSOL DEODORANT - Contains propane, butane,
formaldehyde, ammonia. Formaldehyde can cause cancer.
Vapors can cause CNS depression, damage to lungs, liver,
kidneys and heart.

- AEROSOL HAIR SPRAY - Contains propane and butane.
Long-term exposure can lead to CNS depression, headache,
dizziness, stupor, chronic lung irritation.

- MOUTHWASH - Contains formaldehyde (a suspected
carcinogen), ethyl alcohol. Can cause CNS depression.

COLOGNE/PERFUME - Contains formaldehyde, toluene,
petroleum distillates. Can depress the CNS, cause cancer,
cause chronic irritation of the lungs and skin.

- COSMETICS - Many contain formaldehyde as a preservative -
a possible human carcinogen. Many cosmetic products are
untested and unregulated. Use extreme caution.

Cancer in smokers is the result of daily exposure to the trace
amounts of carcinogens in cigarettes. In the same way, people
who are exposed daily to low levels of carcinogens in their
cleaning products face the same risks.

Chemicals in household products also put you at risk for nervous
system damage, kidney damage, liver damage and asthma.

Children are especially vulnerable to the chemical fumes released
by these products.

So now you know that you are probably toxic. What can you do
about it? You can do a lot!

First, you need to avoid toxins. Second, you must boost your own
detox systems.

Don't let some simple health issues you are having now snowball
into some very serious, possibly life threatening, debilitating, chronic
disease later on in life!! Take care of them NOW!!