Harmful Household Products and Cosmetics and Safe and Healthy Alternatives
Throughout your home it is easy to find toxins. Chemicals are commonly found in; fire retardants, foaming agents, geling
agents, stabilizing agents, and aerosols. Some of these products include; deordorants, fragrances, shampoos, tooth paste, paints, plastic containers, bedding/matresses, and furniture.
Parabens (in shampoo and toothpaste and many others), phthalates (in perfumes, moisturizers, plastic containers, cleaning supplies, and many others), bleach (in tissues, coffee filters, and toilet paper), lead (in lipstick), and aluminum (in deordorants) are just a few of the chemicals found in your household. Parabens mimic estrogen and disrupt hormonal imbalance causing you to gain fat. This is just one negative impact this chemical has on your health. Parabens and phthalates are both known to cause cancer.
The lead and aluminium in products may cause neuronal damage. The effect is brain damage and memory loss and "brain fog". These heavy metals burden your health in so many other ways. The liver already has a lot of work detoxifying your body from heavy metals and pollutants in our air and water. It is disturbing how leaded gasoline and paints have been banned but lead is still found in cosmetics.
My goal is to help you make informed, healthy decisions when shopping. Please visit The Environmental Working Group at www.pwg.org for more information on harmful chemicals in our products. There are organic alternatives to the products that contain all these chemicals. Some healthy natural alternative products I use and recommend are:
Cleaning Supplies - Green Works All Purpose Nature Cleaner, dishwashing detergent, and laundry detergent.
Body Soap - Soap Works
Toothpaste - Kiss My Face's Toothpaste Organic Aloe Vera Gel, Sensitive 3.4oz
Shampoo -
Desert Essence's Shampoo Organic Hair Care Coconut 8 fl oz
Deordorant -
Herban Cowboy Organic Deodorant Stick, Wild, 2.8 oz
Shower Filter - Shower Filter, Hand-Held, White w/chrome trim, Sprite (HH-CT)
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