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Unsuspected Toxin Dangers

Perflurinated… can you pronounce it? Do you know what it is?  Many of us have it and have no idea.  If you think it might be a bit hard to say, it is twice as hard to get it out of the environment including the human body.  More information can be found on this website, http://pollutioninpeople.org/toxics/pfcs.

Perflurinated toxins can be found in Teflon products, and in micro-wave popcorn bags, it is the coating that prevents things from sticking.  These toxin containing products are used everyday in our homes, without our knowledge of the harm they may be causing us. The chemical in these products collect in our bones, fat and organs.  Even if you stop using all of these products the chemicals that we were already exposed to will be still found in our bodies many years later.

These chemicals are suspected in affecting the endocrine systems, along with PCBS and DDT, they don’t seem to break down in the environment.  More information can be read on these toxins and others in  “The Body Toxic: by Nena Baker.

Toxins In Your Home

After reading a few articles by Debra Lynn Dadd, here is what I learned.  Ninety-two percent of all poison exposures occur in the home, with everyday ordinary household items including make-up and cleaning products.

There are three ways of contacting these toxic chemicals, swallowing, (which mostly involves children) inhaling, or exposure on skin or in the eyes.  When hearing about toxic poisoning what comes to mind is ingesting them.  The fact is that you can be inhaling them, which can cause respiratory problems over time.  Toxins can be absorbed through the skin these include; lotions, crèmes, shampoos and make-up over time can leave there mark on your health.

Back in 1989 a study was done regarding 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products, 884 were toxic, 778 of these cause acute toxicity, 146 can cause tumors, 218 can cause reproductive complications.  Biological mutation could be caused by 314, and 376 could cause skin and eye irritations.  These personal care products although seem like ordinary everyday products that you use without giving any thought to, can be making your family sick.

Cleaning products such as household bleach, all purpose laundry cleaner and dish detergent showed to be more toxic then paint or car wax on aquatic life.  Bleach is used in dishwashing detergent and its residue is left on the dishes you and your family eat off of everyday. 

Toxins leak into the air in your home from the chemicals in these cleaning products when you use them and even when you aren’t using them, the products harmful fumes leak into the air from the sealed containers.  Just walk down the cleaning isle in your local store and you can smell an assortment of odors from the sealed cleaning products that are on the shelves.

Imagine what it does to out little children who are in the home when we are using these toxic products, cleaning to keep them safe! Think Again...

More information can be found by reading articles by:

Debra Lynn Dadd.

Judith Berns “The Cosmetic Cover Up”

Bodyburden study www.ewg.org/reportbodyburden/es.php

Exposure of homemakers to toxic Contaminants

American Association of Poison Control

Stings of Spring, Summer Pest

With Spring and Summer upon us, we no doubt will be sharing our space with other little creatures.  Some of these little creatures can be very annoying; a few of these are yellow jackets along with wasps and hornets. 

I have a small deck with my backyard stairs and this seemed to be a favorite place for wasp to set up there quarters.  I had tried different ways of making this seem less attractive to them but they always came back.

I tried the jug with the sweet juice that was supposed to trap them… as you can see in the picture it didn’t do what it was supposed to do instead it supplied them with another place to make a nest.

What I did discover a few years back was a mixture mint oil and water sprayed on the surface of my deck and where they made their nest, the mint kept them away.  I would spray the area once a week; if it didn’t rain I could go for two weeks and no sign of the wasp. 

I would also spray around my outdoor furniture and tables to keep them away.  It isn’t poison and will not harm your pets, just to be careful not to get it in your eyes because it does burn,  (wash your hands after use in case you forget and rub your eyes)

I spray a wash cloth and take it with me when I walk the baby to keep them away from the stroller.  I carry a small sprayer bottle with me also if I go anywhere there might be buzzing pest.  

I spray the shed in the backyard under the eves and under the eves of my house, wherever wasp or hornets have set up homes in the past.  I go all summer without worrying that I am going to be bumping into a nest like I have done in the past.  I have sprayed the screens in a screened in porch and the eves to prevent them from finishing a nest they started.

Hope you find it works for you to it is better then using the poison that you or your children could come in contact with.  It is also not safe to spray any kind of poison around food areas where the pests seem to like to be around.

Also before you use your BBQ make sure that there are no nests inside before you light it, also check carefully under the cover if you have it covered for the winter.

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Not Such A Bright Idea

We need to educate ourselves in order to insure our own safety and those we love, not to mention the environment in which we live.  I hear a lot of talk about changes being made to help our environment but you need to know the only one that is going to protect you is you yourself.  That is why educating yourself is a wise choice.

We now can not find in our stores the light bulbs we use to use, we have energy saving light bulbs now, sounds good, but is it?  I think the package should contain the handling of these light bulbs and the danger they can cause if one breaks.  CAUTION SHOULD READ CLEARLY ON THE PACKAGE LABEL, BUT IT DOESN’T.  These Bulbs contain small amounts of Mercury 

Most of the people I have talked to do not know how to properly dispose or clean up a broken energy saver light bulb, and yes this could be hazardous to your health.  How many of us run to get the vacuum so that no little bits of glass remain, yes we want to keep our family safe.  But are we?

Click onto the site that tells you how to properly dispose and clean up a broken light bulb. 

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf

Do you feel like you are saving energy?  Or do you feel like you are endangering your family friends and planet.  All energy bulbs I believe are manufactured out of our country.  The regular light bulbs that were manufactured here will not be manufactured and perhaps the manufacturing has already stopped. 

What will be the long term effect?  Does anyone really know, is this really going GREEN?  What the heck were they thinking?