Remove Toxic Cleaners

In early 2010, the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition released a report called, “The Health Case For Reforming The Toxic Substances Control Act” which clearly identifies how toxic chemicals are contributing to many widespread health problems.

According to this study, 133 million people in the U.S.—almost half of all Americans—are now living with chronic diseases and conditions related to toxic chemical exposures, which now account for 70% of deaths and 75% of U.S. health care costs. They calculate that if only a fraction of toxic chemicals were removed from consumer products, it would save the U.S. health care system an estimated $5 billion every year.

 

Chronic Disease Is On The Rise

More than 30 years of environmental health studies have led to a growing consensus that chemicals are playing a role in the incidence and prevalence of many diseases and disorders in our country, including:

• Leukemia, brain cancer, and other childhood cancers, which have increased by more than 20% since 1975.
• Breast cancer, which went up by 40% between 1973 and 1998. While breast cancer rates have declined since 2003, a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is now one in eight, up from one in ten in 1973.
• Asthma, which approximately doubled in prevalence between 1980 and 1995 and has stayed at the elevated rate.
• Difficulty in conceiving and maintaining a pregnancy affected 40% more women in 2002 than in 1982. The incidence of reported difficulty has almost doubled in younger women, ages 18–25.
• The birth defect resulting in undescended testes, which has increased 200% between 1970 and 1993.
• Autism, the diagnosis of which has increased more than 10 times in the last 15 years.

Take The First Step To Remove Toxic Cleaners

The dangers of toxic chemical cleaners is something you need to address now. If you want to create a safer home for your family, then take the first step to removing toxic cleaners. Look under your sink or on the storage shelf in your garage and read the labels on all your cleaning supplies. If the label tells you to dial 911 if ingested, then you may want to replace it with a non-toxic cleaner. For more information on green cleaning alternatives, give us a call at 866-770-0300.