Are You Living in a Toxic Home?

• The most common poison exposure for children were ingestion of household products, such as cleaning substances. Chlorine is the number one cause of child poisonings in the U.S.
• 150 chemicals found in the home are associated with allergies. birth defects, cancer, and psychological disorders.
• 90% of toxic hazards are caused by the inhalation of vapors and absorption of hazardous particles.
• The dramatic increase in rates of asthma in women in the past 10 years are believed to be due to women’s longer exposure times to household chemicals.
• Women often work closely with potentially toxic chemicals, and preliminary research suggest that their physiology is more conducive to absorbing and carrying these chemicals. Research estimates the health care cost of U.S. women’s environmentally associated disease is $12.3 billion annually.

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