Toxins in the Home

Toxins in the Home
By Sandra Kim Leong

Do you seriously believe that your home is the safest environment and conducive for your health and well-being? If you think it is; then you have largely omitted the fact that many of the substances that you use in your daily life contain toxins. These toxins are in an amount that can potentially result in health hazards for your children and family members! To learn more about what toxins in the home there are, please read ahead.

Toxins in the home come from virtually everything you use at home, from those lotions for cleaning homes, washing powder, and bathing soap, to tooth paste, room cleaner, and plastic, that contains chemicals that are toxic in nature. The same is the case with paints, gasoline, carpet, foam bed, and fiber glass as well.

In case of consumer goods, consumer standards usually stipulate the amount of allowable chemicals to certain ppm (parts per million) values, but how do you determine whether or not they are within allowable guidelines? Also, what is the benchmark for non-consumer products like paints and plastic? And to make matter further worse, there is an assortment of spurious products available in the markets, in very attractive cartons and colors, but all of lesser quality standards. Is there any way out of this precarious situation?

There are not many solutions to this problem (toxins in the home), but it is just about using the right and safest products available in the market. You may have to make a detailed study of the regulatory standards for each product and choose only those items whose specifications match the accepted levels, and hence approved by the regulatory authority. This can be a real daunting task, given the number of things we may need in our daily lives, but we need to go ahead with this quality search because it is the human health that is at stake and not something we can gamble with.

The only way forward is to keep in touch with the latest news and research findings about toxins. Be aware of substances that are toxic and that can cause harm. As far as possible, use natural products with little chemicals added.

Also, read instructions on the product cover carefully especially if the item is toxic by nature such as bug spray or pesticides. It is best that you keep such products in the home out of children’s reach.

And finally, if you suspect that something is wrong with your health while using a particular product, stop using it immediately. You always have the option to use another product; but you only have one body and it is your duty to make sure that you are exposed to as little toxins as possible.

About the author:

Sandra Kim Leong writes on colon cleansing, liver cleansing, kidney cleansing, detox diets and juice fasting. Visit her site here at http://www.detox-cleansing.com.

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