Duncansville, PA, April 11, 2007-- Of 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products found in our homes, 884 were found to be toxic. Of these, 778 can cause acute toxicity, 146 can cause tumors, 218 can cause reproductive complications, 314 can cause biological mutation, and 376 can cause skin and eye irritations. Cleaning products and personal care products should promote hygiene, health and beauty... not make us sick. "This is a statement that I agree with 100%," said Zerbee.
Household cleaning products account for as many as 5-10 million household poisonings each year, with some resulting in accidental deaths in children. Most poisonings happen slowly, over a long period of time by gradual skin absorption or by daily exposure to toxins we breathe in the air. Indoor air pollution is one of the nation's most important environmental health problems. Most homes have airborne concentrations of hazardous chemicals that are 2 to 5 times higher indoors than outdoors, and it is believed that a number of homes have chemical levels that are 70 times higher than outside.
April is Spring. Spring Cleaning is a time to Freshen our homes, but fresh can equal toxic. One reason chemical concentrations are so high in some homes is that cleaning products, personal care products, and other household goods release toxic vapors into the air when they are used. Some even release these toxic vapors when they are being stored. When one walks down the cleaning products aisle in the supermarket, he can't help but notice how strongly it smells of toxic chemicals, even though all the packages are tightly closed. We are told, through advertisements, that our home needs to smell like "April, Springtime, or Pine" in order to know it is clean. Actually, clean doesn't have an odor, it's just CLEAN!
Household toxins don't just affect people, they create toxic waste in their manufacture and use, which gets disposed of in the environment in the form of air and water pollution and solid toxic waste. Not only does this pollution come back to haunt each individual's health, but is also harms wildlife.
There are alternatives to products with harmful toxins and chemicals. Even though these may be the popular brands or have been on the store shelves for many years, it does not make them the safest choices. There are environmentally safe, green choices available.
Often, the green choices help the environment in several ways. They are biodegradable. They do not contain ingredients that harm our planet, and they are not manufactured by processes or with ingredients that hurt the earth. Last, the green products are often packaged in a concentrated capacity so that less packaging is used that ends up polluting the environment.
There is an option of a Green Cleaner Kit that provides several environmental benefits. Each Cleaner Kit sold is the environmental equivalent to eliminating 108 pounds of packaging waste from landfills, eliminating 248 pounds of greenhouse gas, and Planting 10 Trees. This is a measurable contribution to the environment, and one that is paired with an Earth Day project.
Zerbee would like to point out that there is an Earth Day Clean Kit project available at
http://EarthDayCleanEveryday.com that will give these calculable effects to our planet with every Clean Kit purchased. "People want to get the results they desire from a cleaner also," Zerbee states. "Yes, they want to help keep the earth clean and safe, but they want to make sure their cleaning products work. I have used these green and safe products for many, many years and I am a personal testament to the performance they give. In fact, once a person uses this brand, they become a loyal user pretty quick." If that is not enough proof, Zerbee emphasizes that there was testing done with the green products tested against popular brands and they performed as well or better than the name brands.
Companies distributing green products traditionally support and contribute to environmental safety in significant ways that are examples for all to follow. Zerbee feels that individual efforts can add up to some large, combined contributions as well. She states, "The numbers posted above, 108 pounds of packaging waste from landfills eliminated, 248 pounds of greenhouse gas eliminated, and 10 Trees planted - those numbers are multiplied over and over again when many, many Cleaner Kits sold. These are individual contributions adding up to huge efforts because people care about our planet."
More information can be found by contacting Vicki Zerbee or by visiting
http://EarthDayCleanEveryday.com.
