Jul 27 2008
Toxic Chemicals Found in Household Products
Reducing our exposure to environmental toxins and chemicals is critical, and creating healthy homes is a large part of my Interior Alignment™ practice. I’d like to share an article I just read about a recent study of toxic chemicals found in popular laundry products and air fresheners.
Anne Steinemann, a University of Washington professor of civil and environmental engineering and of public affairs conducted testing and the study is detailed online in the journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review website.
Anne says “I first got interested in this topic because people were telling me that the air fresheners in public restrooms and the scent from laundry products vented outdoors were making them sick, and I wanted to know, ‘What’s in these products that is causing these effects?’”. What she found was a significant amount of volatile chemicals in a variety of air fresheners and typical laundry products. And, many of the chemicals involved were not listed on the product label.
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