Here are some places to learn more about chemical toxicity.
Washington Toxics Coalition
www.watoxics.org
Washington State Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Network
www.wsmcsn.s5.com
NW Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
www.pesticide.org/hhg/herbicides.NHL.html
(Study on Non Hodgkins)
The Chemical Injury Info Network is in Montana but excellent resource
www.ciin.org
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
www.aaem.org
Journal of Pesticide Reform
www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Roundup-Glyphosate-Factsheet-Cox.htm
How ´Clean´ Is Your Home? Toxins under the sink
http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=246
Household cleaners packaging
http://myzerowaste.com/articles/household/household-cleaners-packaging/
Earthjustice Wants Companies to List Chemicals in Household Cleaners
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chemicals-in-household-cleaners
Are Household Cleaners Harmful?
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/ART00576
How green are green household cleaners?
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/green-household-cleaners.htm
Recent scientific evidence has uncovered a dirty side to many of these cleaners. That means your all-natural X Brand cleanser may be slipping in some harmful chemical cousins under the radar.
Which Household Cleaners Contain Secret Toxic Ingredients?
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/05/cleaning-products-toxic-ingredients
What we do know: Many common ingredients pose risks both to humans and the environment. Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), which are used as “surfactants” to make cleaning solutions spread over a surface smoothly, are an endocrine disruptor and are banned in Europe. Ethanolamine, also a surfactant, can cause asthma attacks. Most troubling: Even chemicals that are relatively innocuous on their own can combine to create toxic substances. Ammonia and chlorine, for example, can form a toxic gas called chloramine, which can cause a whole host of respiratory symptoms. When all those chemicals end up in waterways, it’s bad news for wildlife.
Why go to all the trouble to find a safe green cleaner when there is one cleaner that does it all?
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/ingredients#ingredients-for-nid-173
Disinfecting Multi-Surface Cleaner
Thymol (component of thyme oil), Sodium lauryl sulfate (palm kernel or coconut-derived cleaning agent), copper sulfate pentahydrate (bluestone) (mineral derived water mineralizer), citric acid and sodium citrate (cornstarch derived water softeners), essential oils and botanical extracts* (origanum vulgare (oregano) oil, cedrus atlantica (blue atlas cedar) bark oil, citrus medica limonum (lemon) peel oil, cymbopogon schoenanthus (lemongrass) oil, citrus medica limonum (lemon) fruit extract, mentha citrata (orange bergamot mint) leaf extract, aqua (water)
The Facts About Childhood Poisonings with Home Cleaning Products
Bleach causes the most injuries, but there’s another cleanser that’s more likely to send your kid to the hospital. Get the facts.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/home-cleaning-products-0802#ixzz19k6Xgklu
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/home-cleaning-products-0802
Nearly 12,000 children aged 1-5 went to a hospital emergency room because they drank, touched or were sprayed with household cleaners in a single year, according to a new study that analyzed data from 1990 to 2006.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/home-cleaning-products-0802#ixzz19k6sdzgn
Organizations working hard to stop toxic chemicals
http://watoxics.org/campaigns/schf
If you can’t pronounce it, should you use it?
http://www.health-report.co.uk/toxic_household_chemicals.htm
‘Can always smell the cleaning products’
“You can always smell those cleaners even though they’re all tightly sealed.” Everywhere the cleaning products are kept, the readings jump. The average home normally reads about 50 parts per billion. We asked Ellis to test three products that are often advertised on television: Pledge, Clorox Wipes and Lysol Disinfecting Spray. Pledge registered 273 ppb. Anything over 500 could be a problem for people with sensitivities.The Clorox Wipes came in at more than 1,000 ppb. The Lysol Disinfecting Spray was much higher — around 1,200 parts per million, or 1,000 times higher than the Clorox.
We live in an increasingly chemical society: experts don’t know how dangerous these chemicals might be, but they are starting to worry. Dr. Gideon Koren is a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
“How can we, as one of the most advanced countries in the world allow these to enter our household for small children, without the appropriate testing to see that it’s safe?”