Welcome to my non-toxic family center :
What a joy to have my precious family, friends, and visitors over in my non-toxic family center!
If I had my way, everybody would be enjoying the joys of a fun life and the blessings of a healthy life.
I firmly believe that information is empowerment, and that the actions we choose to take today define our destiny and quality of life tomorrow.
At this website, the very best place to start is to read our eye-opening Consumer Report: "9 Things You Should Know".
When I talk to people about the tremendous, long-term, health benefits of switching to non-toxic products, many respond that there are toxic chemicals in the air we breathe, the foods we eat, and the water we drink... "So, what difference does it make?" they ask.
This attests to the importance of Consumer Awareness. With so much that's presently available to reverse the damaging effects of today's environmental toxins, a lot of people still have settled for the erroneous notion that there's nothing they can do about it!!
What you don't know can jeopardize your enjoyment of life as you age.
This website is for you who prefer a nontoxic lifestyle.
Take advantage of all the knowledge that is shared freely with you at this website, especially what's in the Consumer Awareness section.
It is my desire to contribute my grain of sand towards helping you live out your full lifespan enjoying the best health possible. I hope to do this by providing information that will educate and empower you.
You only have ONE body to live in. Take care of it!!
Everyday you may unknowingly be lavishing your body, the body of your little ones, or the body of a loved elderly with POISON!
The truth is that the personal care & beauty products you may be using to enhance your appearance are laden with chemicals that in many cases do more harm than good.
But since the personal care and cosmetic industry is a multi-billion dollar a year industry, it is more advantageous to them for you NOT to know.
Check the labels of your current bathroom products (mouthwashes, toothpaste, shampoos, conditioners, shower bars/gels, bubble baths, shaving gels/creams and deodorants) for these potentially harmful ingredients.
| A Few Potentially Harmful Ingredients (Possible Time-Bombs!) |
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| Alcohol | Lip, mouth, tongue, and throat cancers. |
| Aluminum | Nerve damage, brain disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's.) |
| Benzoic / Benzyl | Cancer, endocrine disrupters, birth defects. |
| DEA: Diethanolamine TEA: Triethanolamine MEA: Monoethanolamine |
Potential carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) added to boost foaming action. E.g.: TEA+SLS together in one product = NDELA (a nitrosamine and potent carcinogen!) |
| Laureth (ethoxylated), or PEG | Potential cancer-causing agent, mimics estrogen, and an endocrine disrupter. |
| Propylene Glycol | Kidney & liver abnormalities. Dermatitis. Forces moisture out of the skin. Inhibits skin-cell growth and regeneration. Skin irritant. |
| Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) (anionic surfactants) |
Hazardous to overall health. Could contain potential carcinogens (nitrosamines and dioxane). Builds up in the heart, liver, lungs, and brain. Is a mutagen: contributes to the formation and development of potential carcinogens in the body! Believed to disrupt the mouth's mucousal protective layer. may cause mouth ulcers (canker sores). Wears down the very tooth enamel that toothpaste is supposed to preserve. Contains endocrine disrupters, estrogen mimics. Shown to cause hair loss and irritate the scalp. Could retard healing, lead to improper eye development in children under 6 years of age, and cause cataracts in adults. Roughens and dries out skin. |
| Sodium Fluoride (aka Fluoride) |
Potential carcinogen. Increases the rates of oral cancer/tumors. Causes bone cancer. Fluoridation is responsible for 40 million cases of arthritis, dental deformity in 8 million children, allergic reactions in 2 million people and overall 10,000 unnecessary cancer deaths every year. |
| Talc | Poses serious risk of ovarian cancer. When inhaled, could cause chronic lung irritation (pulmonary talcosis) and even death. Chance of lung and rare adrenal cancers. Clogs pores and is linked to skin irritation problems. |
Alcohol is found in mouthwashes.
Aluminum in deodorants.
Benzoic/Benzyl in bubble baths and
shower bars/gels.
DEA/TEA/MEA in shampoos, conditioners, bubble baths, shaving gels/creams, shower bars/gels, body lotions.
PEG in toothpaste, shampoos, bubble baths, shower bars/gels.
Propylene Glycol in shampoos, conditioners, shaving gels/creams, body lotions, sun protection creams, deodorants, baby wipes, baby lotions.
SLES, SLS in mouthwashes, toothpastes,
shampoos, bubble baths, shaving gels/creams, shower bars/gels, baby wipes, baby lotions.
Sodium Fluoride in toothpastes and tap water.
Talc in baby powders, perfumed talcs, shower and medicated powders, feminine powders, facial powders, blushes, eye-shadows.
Heed this Consumer Awareness advice: seriously consider switching to safe, non-toxic products for your whole family.
If you're still not convinced, let me give you another proof of how health threatening this can be to you and your children.
Research statistics reveal that every year, more children are poisoned to death by personal care and cosmetic products, than are accidentally killed by guns in their homes!
So, if you're concerned about having guns in the home, know that most store-bought products could pose a greater risk. They are just not perceived as dangerous. Ban toxic products from your home today!
Consider that harmful ingredients do jeopardize the quality of your life, accelerate your body's aging process and could take precious time from your lifespan. But... is there a safer way?
Find out what the Personal Care & Cosmetic Industry would NEVER tell you... Here are 9 things you should know!
Through your bath, beauty and household products, you have more harmful chemicals in your home today than were found in many chemistry labs around the 1900's!!
In those days, family products were botanical-based and non-toxic. Less chemicals translates into more health and wellness for you and your family.
Did you ever stop to think that by using products made with harmful ingredients, you might actually be maximizing your risk of developing cancer or other degenerative diseases? ...And that by doing so you may be limiting your ability to be active, productive, independent and to enjoy a full life with loved family and friends as you age?
A Consumer Awareness advice: seriously consider switching to safe, non-toxic products as soon as possible!
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We have to face the fact that the government and the FDA do not have all the control we assume they do. Reason why using non-toxic products is the safest thing to do.
To help you understand this dilemma, I will proceed to present just a few quotes from Senator Edward M. Kennedy's statement in September of 1997 for FDA Reform and Cosmetic Preemption.
The term "Cosmetics" covers all personal care (bath & beauty) products used by the whole family.
"Pre-emption of cosmetic regulation is especially outrageous and shows a callous disregard for the health of American women and, in many cases, of the children they may be carrying in their wombs. Cosmetics are broadly used by Americans--far more broadly than most prescription drugs, medical devices, or biologic products.
Whether the product in question is hair spray, shampoo, lipstick, or baby powder, or suntan lotion, and soap or toothpaste, every American routinely assumes that the product is safe.
But this confidence is too often unjustified--because Federal oversight of the $20 billion cosmetic industry is so limited. The basic Federal law regulating cosmetics has not been updated since 1938. ...The FDA has no authority to require manufacturers ...to file data on the ingredients in their products, ... It cannot require that products be tested for safety or that the results of safety testing be made available to the agency. It does not have the right of access to manufacturers records. It cannot even require recall of a product.
...All the glamorous pictures in the world cannot obscure the facts: this is an industry that is under-regulated and its products are too often hazardous... Long-term illnesses ranging from cancer to birth defects may not be linked to their underlying cosmetic-related causes. As the GAO points out, 'Available estimates of cosmetic-related injuries do not accurately reflect the extent to which consumers are exposed to toxic cosmetic products and ingredients. Because symptoms of chronic toxic effects may not occur until months or years after exposure, injury estimates generally account for only acute toxic effects.'
[There is] ...limited Federal authority to protect the public against these hazards and even more limited Fedral resources devoted to these problems. ...Today, ...most of the 30 people working in the FDA Office of Cosmetics work on the regulation of color additives and not actually on cosmetics. ...FDA has put limited resources in the cosmetic program because they simply do not have adequate legal authority to address cosmetic safety.
...If the FDA suspects a cosmetics safety problem exists--as they do today with the use of alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) face creams--the agency faces high hurdles in bringing an kind of regulatory action. FDA cannot make the company demonstrate that they are selling a safe product. FDA can not even require companies to register their product formulations. So today, FDA knows how many milligrams of aspirin are in a tablet, ...but... does not know how much alpha-hydroxy acid is in a face cream... a known carcinogen..."
A Consumer Awareness advice: seriously consider swithching to safe, non-toxic products as soon as possible!
Read Senator Kennedy's complete statement HERE!