Deirdre Imus Is 'Cleaning Up' With New Book
By Carol King
Article Launched: 05/30/2007 04:08:45 PM EDT
Last month, Deirdre Imus released the first book in a five-volume series on greening. "By the time I am done, you will know how to green your entire life," she promised.
Green This! Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning is a guide to keeping one's family healthy by cleaning the home in an environmentally friendly way. The 256-page book, published by Simon & Schuster, debuted April 10 and, according to Imus, has already been named a New York Times bestseller.
Using nontoxic cleaners can save lives, according to the author. "Children are not healthier than the planet, and the planet is pretty sick," she said. "We are exposed to pesticides and carcinogens in the foods we eat and the clothes we wear; in the air we breathe; the water we drink and the substances we use to clean our houses. The deadly chemical cocktail building up in our bodies is causing great harm, manifesting itself in everything from asthma to cancer."
In a presentation last week at the Westport Public Library, Imus reported that:
Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children
One out of six children is obese
One out of 150 children has autism
One out of 400 to 500 children is diagnosed with diabetes
One out of eight babies is born premature
Asthma leads chronic illnesses in children, is a major factor in absences from school and is the cause of many deaths
"The United States has the third highest rate in the entire world for infant mortality," Imus said. "This is disgraceful." She believes there is a direct link between these conditions and the contaminants and toxins used in many commercial cleaning products.
In Greening Your Cleaning, Imus describes how housecleaning in an environmentally responsible way is not only safer and healthier for people and the environment, but also can be an effective and often cheaper method of cleaning than traditional, toxic means.
The book includes:
Simple, efficient cleaning methods for every room of the house
Spotlights on everyday products (all purpose cleaner, glass/window cleaner, laundry detergent) and the toxic ingredients readers should be wary of
Summaries of the latest research on the toxic effects of ordinary chemicals
Resource lists of widely available "green cleaning" products and retailers
Filled with tips and testimonials, Greening Your Cleaning is designed to streamline household cleaning products and practices, and make it easy to adopt a "living green" way of life.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
IS YOUR HOME A HEALTHY HOME?
There are two major risks in your home today - hazardous chemicals and poor indoor air quality.
"Each year, over 1 million children are accidentally poisoned in their homes. 250,000 of these victims are hospitalized. 3,000 children will end up in intensive care. Dozens more will die. Thousands of children and adults are permanently disfigured or injured through contact with chemicals in the home, each year."
OSHA states that over 650,000 hazardous chemicals exist today and 100's are being added every year.
There are no federal or state regulations on what chemicals go into the products you use in your home. Unless you read the Material Safety Data sheets on each product, you don't know what you're up against. Most people don't read these, they just trust in the companies that manufacture these products. The problem is that most of these companies don't have our best interests at heart.
Warning labels on containers refer to toxic hazards from ingestion; however, many health problems from chemicals are caused by the inhalation of vapors and absorption of particles.
"Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health, but many do not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant harmful effects. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studies of human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be 2-5 times, and occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels. These levels of indoor air pollutants may be of particular concern because it is estimated that most people spend about 90% of their time indoors. Comparative risk studies performed by EPA and its Science Advisory Board have consistently ranked indoor air pollution among the top five environmental health risks to the public."
"50% of all illness is due to poor indoor air quality."
"…even a very low exposure to a cancer-causing chemical may result in cancer if the chemical happens to alter cellular functions in a way that causes cancer to develop."
Exposure to toxic and cancer-causing chemicals can have long term effects for you and your family. Look at what some scientific studies have uncovered:
"In 1946 1 in 20 women had a risk of getting breast cancer. Today, 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will get breast cancer."
"There has been a 126% rise in prostate cancer from 1973 to 1991. Over 50% of American males have problems with their prostate."
"Male sperm count has dropped as much as 50% in recent decades."
"Infertility is increasing and widespread, with over 2 million couples who want children and are unable to conceive."
"Attention Deficit Disorder in adults and children. In 1993, 2 million children were treated with the drug Ritalin. In 1995, it doubled to 4 million. It's expected to reach 8 million by the year 2000."
There are many connections between the chemicals contained in the household cleaners and personal care products you use in your home and health. Many families have discovered that by eliminating products with these chemicals from their homes many existing health problems improve or disappear.
Why risk using unsafe, poisonous or carcinogenic productsin your home when there's another alternative? For more information you can click on the Health Cafe button.
There are two major risks in your home today - hazardous chemicals and poor indoor air quality.
"Each year, over 1 million children are accidentally poisoned in their homes. 250,000 of these victims are hospitalized. 3,000 children will end up in intensive care. Dozens more will die. Thousands of children and adults are permanently disfigured or injured through contact with chemicals in the home, each year."
OSHA states that over 650,000 hazardous chemicals exist today and 100's are being added every year.
There are no federal or state regulations on what chemicals go into the products you use in your home. Unless you read the Material Safety Data sheets on each product, you don't know what you're up against. Most people don't read these, they just trust in the companies that manufacture these products. The problem is that most of these companies don't have our best interests at heart.
Warning labels on containers refer to toxic hazards from ingestion; however, many health problems from chemicals are caused by the inhalation of vapors and absorption of particles.
"Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health, but many do not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant harmful effects. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studies of human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be 2-5 times, and occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels. These levels of indoor air pollutants may be of particular concern because it is estimated that most people spend about 90% of their time indoors. Comparative risk studies performed by EPA and its Science Advisory Board have consistently ranked indoor air pollution among the top five environmental health risks to the public."
"50% of all illness is due to poor indoor air quality."
"…even a very low exposure to a cancer-causing chemical may result in cancer if the chemical happens to alter cellular functions in a way that causes cancer to develop."
Exposure to toxic and cancer-causing chemicals can have long term effects for you and your family. Look at what some scientific studies have uncovered:
"In 1946 1 in 20 women had a risk of getting breast cancer. Today, 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will get breast cancer."
"There has been a 126% rise in prostate cancer from 1973 to 1991. Over 50% of American males have problems with their prostate."
"Male sperm count has dropped as much as 50% in recent decades."
"Infertility is increasing and widespread, with over 2 million couples who want children and are unable to conceive."
"Attention Deficit Disorder in adults and children. In 1993, 2 million children were treated with the drug Ritalin. In 1995, it doubled to 4 million. It's expected to reach 8 million by the year 2000."
There are many connections between the chemicals contained in the household cleaners and personal care products you use in your home and health. Many families have discovered that by eliminating products with these chemicals from their homes many existing health problems improve or disappear.
Why risk using unsafe, poisonous or carcinogenic productsin your home when there's another alternative? For more information you can click on the Health Cafe button.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS IN KIDS PRODUCTS
Study: Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found In Kids Products
Testing Shows Elevated Chemicals In Bath Products
POSTED: 1:21 pm EST February 20, 2007
UPDATED: 10:10 am EDT March 28, 2007
PITTSBURGH -- The bubble bath and shampoo you’re using on your babies may contain a cancer causing petrochemical.
A recent study found some bath products contained more than twice the levels considered safe by the Food and Drug Administration. Lab tests found the chemical 1,4-Dioxzne in products like Hello Kitty Bubble Bath, Huggies Baby Wash and Sesame Street Bubble Bath.
1,4-Dioxane is a petroleum derived contaminant that is considered a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a clear cut animal carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program.
The study results were released by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a San Francisco-based coalition of eight national environmental and health advocacy organizations.
The tests were commissioned by David Steinman, publisher of Healthy Living magazine, and are included in his new book “Safe Trip to Eden” which outlines steps consumers can take to protect the environment.
Many people assume the FDA regulates these products. Not true.
The FDA does not review or regulate cosmetics for safety before they are sold. Labels do not have to list chemicals in the products.
Dr. Devra Davis, director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute explains, “The FDA has no authority to tell us whether or not products are safe and as a consequence there are ingredients in cosmetics that are used very widely that have not been tested,”
The FDA has worked with the cosmetic makers to reduce levels of this chemical on a voluntary basis.
In 2000 the FDA recommended that cosmetic products should not contain 1,4-Dioxane at concentrations greater than ten ppm (parts per million), but 15 percent of products tested exceeded those limits.
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says, babies exposed to the chemical form baby shampoo may be exposed to the chemical from bubble bath or other products.
That cumulative effect creates a burden the body can’t bear.
Davis explains, “Now we're beginning to realize that the sum total of a person's exposure to all the little amounts of cancerous agents in the environment may be just as harmful as big doses of a few well-known carcinogens. Over a lifetime, cigarettes deliver massive quantities of carcinogens that increase the risk of lung and other cancers. Our chances of getting cancer reflect the full gamut of carcinogens we're exposed to each day—in air, water and food pollution and in cancerous ingredients or contaminants in household cleaners, clothing, furniture and the dozens of personal-care products many of us use daily.”
1.4-Dioxane was also found in three women’s shampoos.
According to a 2004 survey conducted by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, women and girls use an average of 12 personal care products.
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Study: Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found In Kids Products
Testing Shows Elevated Chemicals In Bath Products
POSTED: 1:21 pm EST February 20, 2007
UPDATED: 10:10 am EDT March 28, 2007
PITTSBURGH -- The bubble bath and shampoo you’re using on your babies may contain a cancer causing petrochemical.
A recent study found some bath products contained more than twice the levels considered safe by the Food and Drug Administration. Lab tests found the chemical 1,4-Dioxzne in products like Hello Kitty Bubble Bath, Huggies Baby Wash and Sesame Street Bubble Bath.
1,4-Dioxane is a petroleum derived contaminant that is considered a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a clear cut animal carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program.
The study results were released by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a San Francisco-based coalition of eight national environmental and health advocacy organizations.
The tests were commissioned by David Steinman, publisher of Healthy Living magazine, and are included in his new book “Safe Trip to Eden” which outlines steps consumers can take to protect the environment.
Many people assume the FDA regulates these products. Not true.
The FDA does not review or regulate cosmetics for safety before they are sold. Labels do not have to list chemicals in the products.
Dr. Devra Davis, director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute explains, “The FDA has no authority to tell us whether or not products are safe and as a consequence there are ingredients in cosmetics that are used very widely that have not been tested,”
The FDA has worked with the cosmetic makers to reduce levels of this chemical on a voluntary basis.
In 2000 the FDA recommended that cosmetic products should not contain 1,4-Dioxane at concentrations greater than ten ppm (parts per million), but 15 percent of products tested exceeded those limits.
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says, babies exposed to the chemical form baby shampoo may be exposed to the chemical from bubble bath or other products.
That cumulative effect creates a burden the body can’t bear.
Davis explains, “Now we're beginning to realize that the sum total of a person's exposure to all the little amounts of cancerous agents in the environment may be just as harmful as big doses of a few well-known carcinogens. Over a lifetime, cigarettes deliver massive quantities of carcinogens that increase the risk of lung and other cancers. Our chances of getting cancer reflect the full gamut of carcinogens we're exposed to each day—in air, water and food pollution and in cancerous ingredients or contaminants in household cleaners, clothing, furniture and the dozens of personal-care products many of us use daily.”
1.4-Dioxane was also found in three women’s shampoos.
According to a 2004 survey conducted by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, women and girls use an average of 12 personal care products.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
NO INTEREST IN REDUCING EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS
I find it interesting that the cancer industry and the big cancer non-profits still refuse to pursue preventing cancer by supporting the banning of cancer-causing chemicals. They choose to ignore the truth about cancer-causing chemicals in food, beverages, personal care products and in the workplace. They refuse to look at the chemical toxicities that are ever-present in the environment, and instead put their efforts into cancer treatment (because that's where the money is). Conventional medicine makes money in chemotherapy or cutting out tumors. There's no money to be made in preventing cancers.
There's a whole lot of money to be made in covering up the truth about toxic chemicals, however. Cancer organizations accept millions of dollars from sunscreen manufacturers, for example. And those sunscreen products are made with all sorts of toxic, cancer-causing chemicals that also happen to disrupt normal neurological function. If you look at where the money is coming from that supports most of the "disease" groups, it's all from the companies that expose consumers to synthetic chemicals: drug companies, processed food manufacturers, personal care product companies, and so on.
It is no coincidence that the mainstream disease groups keep the chemical causes of cancer and neurological disorders a big secret. They're primarily focused on treatment, not prevention. Because prevention would necessitate a discussion of why all these product companies are using such toxic chemicals in their foods, drugs and personal care products.You want to prevent or treat your own neurological disorder or cancer? Knowing where to start is simple: Get all the synthetic chemicals out of your life. Permanently!
Here's a must-read book if you want to learn even more about the burden of synthetic chemicals on your heart, liver, nervous system and entire body: The Hundred-Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald. The book will open your eyes and leave you shocked about just how much the consumer product corporations have been poisoning you.
###About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient LED lighting products that save electricity and help prevent global warming. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NewsTarget email subscriptions. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and adult gymnastics. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
I find it interesting that the cancer industry and the big cancer non-profits still refuse to pursue preventing cancer by supporting the banning of cancer-causing chemicals. They choose to ignore the truth about cancer-causing chemicals in food, beverages, personal care products and in the workplace. They refuse to look at the chemical toxicities that are ever-present in the environment, and instead put their efforts into cancer treatment (because that's where the money is). Conventional medicine makes money in chemotherapy or cutting out tumors. There's no money to be made in preventing cancers.
There's a whole lot of money to be made in covering up the truth about toxic chemicals, however. Cancer organizations accept millions of dollars from sunscreen manufacturers, for example. And those sunscreen products are made with all sorts of toxic, cancer-causing chemicals that also happen to disrupt normal neurological function. If you look at where the money is coming from that supports most of the "disease" groups, it's all from the companies that expose consumers to synthetic chemicals: drug companies, processed food manufacturers, personal care product companies, and so on.
It is no coincidence that the mainstream disease groups keep the chemical causes of cancer and neurological disorders a big secret. They're primarily focused on treatment, not prevention. Because prevention would necessitate a discussion of why all these product companies are using such toxic chemicals in their foods, drugs and personal care products.You want to prevent or treat your own neurological disorder or cancer? Knowing where to start is simple: Get all the synthetic chemicals out of your life. Permanently!
Here's a must-read book if you want to learn even more about the burden of synthetic chemicals on your heart, liver, nervous system and entire body: The Hundred-Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald. The book will open your eyes and leave you shocked about just how much the consumer product corporations have been poisoning you.
###About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient LED lighting products that save electricity and help prevent global warming. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NewsTarget email subscriptions. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and adult gymnastics. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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