Posts Tagged ‘toxic chemicals’
Cleaning Can Be Toxic: Our Non-toxic Choices
Standard cleaning products are bad for health, bad for the environment and not only kill bad bacteria but the good ones too. The majority of commercially-produced cleaning products have toxic ingredients that have been linked to cancer, allergies, reproductive harm, asthma, neurotoxicity and more. That doesn’t sound good, does it? When we use cleaning supplies…
Read MoreCleaning Daily as Bad as a Pack a Day Habit
Keeping up with the cleaning can be a daily chore that’s pretty irritating. Cleaning is more than irritating; spray cleaning products can be dangerous to your health. One study found it could be as irritating as a pack a day habit. A recent study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,…
Read MoreDeodorant’s Dirty Secrets: 4 Dirty Ingredients to Avoid
You’re half way through that barre class and you start to become overwhelmed with the smell of baby powder. You aren’t thinking about how, it hurts so much to move just an inch anymore, because all you can think about is that damn, baby powder smell of deodorant. Who’s wearing that smelly deodorant? Is it…
Read MoreSunscreen Can Be Bad for People and Reefs: What We Use Instead
How many times do you slather sunscreen on while you’re at the beach? Heck, sunscreen use has become so prolific we are slathering ourselves with it multiple times a day even in winter when the most light the average American sees is from fluorescent lights. Even with all the sunscreen we put on, skin cancer…
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