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Mommie blogger tackles toxic home products

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 by Susie Collins in Blog, Healthy Living, Products, Susie Collins

Alison (at left with family), an excellent “mommie blogger” at GreenMe.vg, wrote this week on using nontoxic products in the home. It’s a fabulous post! Those of us with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity are always very excited to see the topic of toxic home products recognized and discussed within the green mommie blogosphere; green mommies are the savviest consumers around, they know their stuff!

I love Alison’s suggestions for nontoxic products, and she includes a very smart warning about not trusting the “green” label, which has no standard guidelines whatsoever.

…the lung is a working organ and the only way for humans to get oxygen into our blood stream. Every time we inhale a chemical irritant we damage our lungs. Enough damage and the lungs start to lose their ability to repair themselves. Furthermore airborne irritants and toxins can aggravate the lungs for folks who already have breathing problems, such as asthma, even worse they can induce asthma in folks who were previously not at risk. Smoking may be the most common cause of lung cancer but it is not the only cause.

According to research collected by the EcoMom Alliance over 150 toxic chemicals are common to the average household. What is really bad news, is that many of these chemicals have been connected to increased incidence of asthma, allergies, cancers, and behavioral disorders.

Link to Alison’s whole post for chemicals to avoid, nontoxic replacements, and info on the “green” label. Brava, Alison!

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