What is a toxic substance?A toxic substance is a compound that is poisonous and does cause adverse health effects. Products that are used daily, such as household cleaning and laundry chemicals, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, gasoline products, alcohol, pesticides mixtures, fuel oil and cosmetics are also toxic. Any chemical is ... Read More
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January 3, 2020Toxic Goods
Dryer Vents - an overlooked source of a SEVERE environmental pollution
It’s easy to recognize when your neighbors are doing the laundry – just sniff the outdoor air for the scent of laundry products and it shocks and insults your senses. The dryer emissions are now classified as hazardous air pollutants ... Read More
January 3, 2020Toxic Goods
The hormonal theory of sexuality states that exposure to certain hormones plays a role in fetal sex differentiation thus such exposure influences the sexual orientation that emerges later in the adult. Prenatal hormones are seen as the primary determinant of adult sexual orientation.
Scientists have postulated a wide range of adverse ... Read More
January 2, 2020Toxic Goods
Your efforts in helping to control the production of air toxic products does matterAlmost every household has someone that has died from cancer. Collaborative efforts against toxic fumes from dangerous scented products can help to make a difference worldwide. By educating those that surround you, spreading the awareness of dangers ... Read More
January 2, 2020Toxic Goods
Tide Original Scent HE Laundry Detergent - Toxicity & IngredientsAs America’s #1 detergent (as claimed by P&G), tide liquid laundry detergent has 10x the cleaning power and engineered to attack tough body soils. This translates to increased toxicity, since the chemicals in this Tide laundry detergent are extremely potent and ... Read More
September 25, 2019Toxic Goods
Windex Original Glass Cleaner - Toxic Chemical IngredientsWindex is a glass and hard-surface cleaner. Windex was invented by the Drackett Company in 1933 and has been marketed throughout the intervening decades. The original Windex was colored a light, translucent shade of blue. Today, there are varieties marketed in several colors ... Read More
September 24, 2019Toxic Goods
What would be a safer alternative to regular laundry detergents?There are many ways to avoid using commercially produced toxic laundry detergents. Even those that are labeled “green” or “organic” are often as toxic as most commonly used detergents. Although each alternative method has its own pros and cons, we have ... Read More
September 23, 2018Toxic Goods
I have recently noticed that after I stopped using laundry detergents, my skin issues started to heal over a few months period. How do the detergents affect my skin if they actually clean my clothes so well from contaminants and microbes?The key word here is “detergent”. Laundry detergents have a ... Read More
September 19, 2018Toxic Goods
I have not realized that even mild odors can be harmful. I occasionally use dryer sheets and air fresheners and do not find the smells very offensive. Does this mean I have been poisoning myself?
Unfortunately yes. You inhale over 2000 gallons of air per day. An even small concentration of ... Read More
September 19, 2018Toxic Goods
How much chemical exposure do I need to risk being poisoned and acquire a disease?According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – “hazardous air pollutants have no safe exposure level”. This is because even small amounts of toxins entering our breathable pathways accumulate in the bloodstream. Eventually the foreign substances ... Read More
September 18, 2018Toxic Goods