Keeping our kids safe is the #1 priority for every parent. However, most of us keep poisonous cleaning products in our homes, easily accessible to children. The American Association of Poison Control Centers reported that exposure to many popular household cleaning substances can be serious enough to require treatment in a medical health facility. Unsafe cleaning products can be more dangerous than a loaded gun. The National Safety Council reported that, “more children under four die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with a loaded gun at home. You wouldn’t keep a loaded gun under your sink or in your bathroom, yet millions of households keep extremely dangerous household products where children or pets might accidentally get into them.
Most common cleaning products that are purchased at the grocery store contain warning labels that the products are dangerous, poisonous, or flammable. Chlorine, found in bleach can cause damage to the skin, eyes and other permeable membranes.  Oven cleaners are so highly corrosive and can cause severe respiratory distress. Keeping these products in our homes, and using them in our homes pollutes our air indoors, posing serious risks to those in the home. In a 15 year study releases at the Toronto Indoor Air Conference, women who work at home had a 54% higher death rate from cancer than those who worked away from home. The study concluded that the deaths were a direct result of increased exposure to toxic chemicals–many of which are found in common household cleaning products.
A favorite choice of ours is Shaklee’s Get Clean products. They are earth friendly choices, they are easy on your checkbook, and are more powerful than the other organic comparative cleaning products!  Shaklee doesn’t test on animals, either which we really like!
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