Keep Toxins Out of Our Oceans

The information below highlights what we're doing to ourselves, our home and our environment with TOXIC CHEMICALS.

Recently, FEBREEZE was considered and this horrifying list of ingredients was discovered:
 

Febreze Ingredients

Below you'll find a list of just some of the 87 chemicals found by the EWG in Febreze Air Effects, listed in order of their toxicity to humans:

• BHT - Known as a neurotoxin, endocrine disruptor, immunotoxicity, non-reproductive organ system toxicity, skin eye and lung irritator
• Acetaldehyde - Known to cause cancer, toxic to reproduction and development, immunotoxin, non-reproductive organ system toxin, skin, eye and lung irritator
• "Fragrance" - One of the three ingredients actually disclosed, it's a neurotoxin, immunotoxin and allergen
• Propylene Glycol - Causes cancer, allergies, toxic to immune system, accumulates in the system, non-reproductive organ system toxin, is classified with "enhanced skin absorption" and irritates the skin, eye and lung
• 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol - Carcinogenic (causes cancer)
• Limonene - Allergen, immunotoxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Methyl pyrrolidone - Toxin to reproduction and development, allergen and immunotoxin, non-reproductive organ system toxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Alcohol denatured - Also disclosed in the ingredients of Febreze, it's linked to cancer, developmental/reproductive toxicity, organ system toxicity and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Butylphenyl methylpropion al - allergen, immunotoxin and and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Ethyl acetate - linked to developmental/reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, organic system toxicity and and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Geraniol - Linked to allergies, immunotoxicity, organi system toxicity and and skin, eyes and lung irritation
• Linalool - allergen, immunotoxin, and and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Benzaldehyde - neurotoxin, and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether - non-reproductive organ system toxicity
• Ethylhezanol - developmental and reproductive toxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• Hexyl cinnamal - allergen, immunotoxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator
• And way too many more....

You can find the EWG's full report on Febreze and other common cleaners here.


Unfortunately, if you check SNOPES, they provide false assurance about the safety of FEBREEZE because they only considered the ingredients disclosed on the product. With the list of chemicals above, do you really want to risk its use when there are safe alternatives available?

 

1,000,000 Strong Against Offshore Drilling shared David Suzuki's photo.

Keeping toxins out of your home will help keep toxins out of our oceans.

To see all 7 habits for a healthy ocean, visit: http://ow.ly/nLmOg

Habit for a healthy ocean #5 - Keep toxins out of your home. Even a tiny amount of some household chemicals can have a huge impact on ocean health. Keep our oce...ans safe by choosing green alternatives to toxic cleaning products, and never pour bleach or motor oil down the drain - find out about safe disposal programs in your area. Our Queen of Green blog has more tips for keeping toxins out of your home: http:// davidsuzuki.org/blogs/queen-of-green

To see all 7 habits for a healthy ocean, visit: http://ow.ly/nLmOg

 

 
National Wildlife offered the article below about SAVING ENERGY and MONEY that included this section:

Make your own cleaning products. Baking soda, water and vinegar and maybe a little cream of tartar provide almost all the basic ingredients for good cleaning, “especially if you keep at your cleaning chores so they don’t become monstrous,” says Rangan. Baking soda dissolved in water, for example, is a good all-purpose cleaner for kitchens and bathrooms, while vinegar removes soap residues and can be added to the rinse cycle in your washing machine to brighten and soften clothes. Homemade cleaning products also are far less toxic—better for the environment and for your family’s health. Annual savings: $50 to $100.

 

Green Consumer

Ten Ways to Save Energy and Money, Too

06-01-2009 // Gabrielle Redford

- See more at: http://mobile.nwf.org/Home/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Green-Living/Archives/2009/Green-Consumer.aspx#sthash.ZKuE4TiL.dpuf