10 Facts - You Need To Know About Your Home

FACT #1
Toxic chemicals found in homes are, on average three times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor airborne pollutants. EPA Study

FACT #2
According to a Consumer Product Safety Commission study, 150 chemicals commonly found in our homes are directly connected to allergies, birth defects, cancer, and psychological disorders.

FACT #3
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health analyzed 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products and found 884 of them to be toxic. Some even caused mutigenic changes.

FACT #4
50% of all illness is due to poor indoor air quality (State of Massachusetts Study)

FACT #5
The United States of America Federal Code of Regulations exempts manufacturers from full labeling of products if used for personal, family or household care. (Source USA FCR: Section 1910.1200C, Title 29, Section 1500.82 2Q1A)

FACT # 6
In 1901, cancer was rare: 1 out of 8,000. Since the Industrial Revolution, the cancer rate today has
risen to 1 in 3 and soon, it will be 1 in 2. (Source: The American Cancer Society)

FACT #7
Women who work in the home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than women who work outside of the home. (Source: 17- year EPA study)

FACT #8
Cancer is now the #2 killer of children - second only to accidental poisonings. Since 1977 the rate of cancer among American children has been steadily rising at a rate of nearly 1% each year. (Source:National Cancer Institute)

FACT #9
In one decade, there has been a 42% increase in asthma (29% for men, 82% for women). The higher rate for women is believed to be due to women’s longer exposure times to household chemicals. (Source: Center for Disease Control)

FACT #10
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) in adults and children is also rising - in 1993, 4.5 million children took the drug Ritalin so they could sit still long enough to learn. By 1998, 11.4 million children were being drugged with this powerful Class-2 narcotic. (Source: Your Children and Ritalin, The Detroit News (March 8. 1998)