Toxic Brew
Would you rub lye (potassium hydroxide) on a baby’s bottom, or apply to your face?
Would you apply sodium hydroxide to a baby’s skin? It causes 75% of all caustic injury to the esophagus of kids under 5 years old and can cause burns in tissues—eyes, skin, mouth and throat.
What about brushing your teeth with it?
Would you spray Monoethanolamine (MEA) into the air of your home? It is a very hazardous irritant to eyes and may produce severe irritation and tissue damage to eyes, mouth and respiratory tract. It is linked to Asthma.
Would you bathe a baby in formaldehyde or wash your body and hands with it?
Of course you wouldn’t, at least not intentionally. Yet everyday in homes across America people are doing just that.
Today there are more than 80,000 synthetic chemicals.
Dr. Philip Landrigan, Professor of Community and Preventative Medicine at Mount SinaiSchool of Medicine, said less than 20% of the estimated chemicals manufactured in the past 50 years have been assessed for their neurotoxicity
Children, because of their size and more future years of life, have a higher risk of early and prolonged exposure to chemicals than adults.
The National Research Council (NRC), which is part of the National Academy of Sciences, conducted a study of 100 random chemicals. The study found that nearly 78 percent of these chemicals lacked even minimum toxicity standards.
Sources: U.S. EPA, New Chemicals Program; Landrigan, P.J., et al, (2006). The national children’s study: a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children. Pediatrics, 118(5), 2173-2186.
For specific products log on to: http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm a government website maintained by the Department of Human Services.
In 2008, Shaklee Corporation was awarded the Stevie for Best Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program by the American Business Awards and Shaklee’s Get Clean Basic H-2 and Dish Wash concentrates won the PTPA (Parent Tested Parent Approved) Media Inc. Seal of Approval.
In 2008 and 2009, Shaklee was named to the Top 20 Retail Partner List by the EPA Green Power Partnership. The list goes on.
What does this mean to you? You can be sure the Shaklee Products you use will not harm you, your family or the environment.
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