Reduce Your Chemical Exposure 10%

There is no quantitative way to show a 10% reduction in your use of chemicals. But 250 million tons of hazardous waste is produced in the making of our consumerism lifestyle.

Go unscented. Why have a dozen different scents from your shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, deodorant, hair products and make-up competing for your attention? What is the point of scented toilet paper? Buy unscented toilet paper, tissues, fabric softener, dishwashing detergent, laundry detergent, soap, deodorant, shampoo, hairspray, make up, hand lotion, toothpaste, etc. You get the idea. They're called "second hand scents".
Fabric softener/dryer sheets – Don’t use them. Cut them in half.
Use Baking Soda - Use ¼ C of baking soda in the wash instead. Using the baking soda will allow you to use less detergent as well.
Air Fresheners – even those like Febreze do little for you. Spray the Febreze on a hard surface and then look at it after it dries. Touch it. It’s not nice. And you’re spraying it all over everything frequently, sometimes daily.
Scented Candles – some are fake scents, some aren't. Both are being inhaled. Did you know that many of the oils used in scented candles are damaging teenage boys' ability to produce testosterone? Ditto with soy candles. Ditto plug-in air fresheners?
Your cookware – is it nonstick? Did you know that when the surface of that pan is heated hot enough to make an omelet, it is releasing toxins in the air 10x greater than originally reported to the government? Use olive oil on regular steel pans. The food will taste better as well.
Cleaning Supplies - Look at the list of ingredients. You’re touching them, inhaling them and maybe swallowing them. There is always a safer alternative. Go to Greener Choices for more information. Learn more about home chemicals here
Prepared foods – those canned tomatoes – look at their ingredients. It isn’t just tomato. Look at the can. It isn’t just metal. It’s lined with a chemical called Bpa – bisphenol-A, which is being linked to all sorts of health issues, particularly involving infants. An article here
Plastic containers – when heated, they leach out many toxins, most of which are considered cancer causing. Article here
Each bottle your water comes in uses 2 ounces of oil to make and ship. Each one! Don’t buy bottled water at all. Use filtered water from YOUR tap, not the manufacturers’.
Make Up - The Environmental Working Group found that 80% of all tested products contained at least 1 substance linked to cancer. Most women use at least 1 make up product a day on the largest organ of the human body – the skin. Learn more at Safe Cosmetics, EWG, and Cosmetic Database. An article on safe cosmetics

Do you really want all of this?

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