"10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Family's Precious
Health"
Okay. I'm not a flower child
who thinks all of life's answers are found in essential oils and vitamin
supplements. I'm just a regular, stay-at-home mom who wants the very best
for my family.
When my daughter was about two
years old, I came across the Blue Butterfly Campaign which led me to the
Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC).
I took the
HealtheHome Quiz and was shocked by the information I read. That
was the beginning of my journey to greener living...not just for my sake,
but primarily for the sake of my daughter.
Did you know...
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Overall childhood cancer
rates have increased 13 percent since 1973.
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NHL (Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma)
is up 30 percent.
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Brain
cancer up 21 percent.
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ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic
Leukemia) is up 21 percent.
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Autism has increased from
1 in 5000 (twenty years ago) to 1 in 150 (now).
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Asthma rates are up from
7.9 million in 1982 to 22.8 million in 2006.
And that's just to name a few of the
diseases that affect our children.
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Have you ever wondered what's up with all
the peanut, dairy, and other allergies kids have today? I have. My
parents moved us around a lot. I attended seven different elementary
schools, so I knew more than my fair-share of kids. And I only remember
one kid who had allergies. Today, you can't even pack a peanut butter
sandwich in your child's lunch box, because it could kill a child with a
peanut allergy.
And what's up with all the infertility
problems we have today? Remember, in high school, when we were warned
that you get pregnant the first time you "do it"? (JLOL)
Now it's impossible for MANY couples to ever get pregnant.
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Obviously, something has gone drastically wrong to
cause all of these childhood disease, allergy, and infertility problems. Our
science and healthcare is improving with the years, but our health is not.
Did you know that over 80,000 chemicals have been
introduced to us and our environment since 1940? And most of these have never
been tested for long-term effects on our children. The current EPA regulations
require testing on one chemical at a time on an adult-sized person. But we and
our tiny children are exposed to hundreds of chemicals SIMULTANEOUSLY each and
every day. What's more, the
FDA requires NO TESTING on all the bath and beauty products we absorb in our
skin every day.
Think about this and really let it "soak
in." Your toothpaste may contain an "acceptable" level of chemicals in
it...IF that was the only exposure you had to those chemicals. But if
your water, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, make-up,
perfume, toilet paper, tissues, body lotion, sunscreen, lip stick, nail
polish, coffee, water, sweetener, fruit, cereal, milk, soda, meats,
dairy products, vegetables, bread, dish soap, plastic food containers,
plastic cups, ceramic dishes, air freshener, furniture, cabinets,
carpet, linens, mattresses, laundry soap, fabric softeners...EVERYTHING
has just an "acceptable" level of chemicals in
each of them, then COMBINED you (and your family) are exposed to an
UNACCEPTABLE amount of chemicals each and every day!
But don't let these facts overwhelm
you...WE DO HAVE HOPE FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE! You can control most of
what your family is exposed to, and we will show you how. Our dream
is to educate all the nonstop moms out there so as to improve not only
the present, but the future health of our children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren.
So here are 10 easy ways to improve the
health of your precious family. You don't have to do everything all at
once. Just start at the top and work your way down as you have time (and
money) to address each issue. It took us two years to get everything
done!
- Use natural methods for
pest and weed control. And take off those shoes at the door!
- Protect your skin
from damaging sun rays using the RIGHT kind of sunscreen.
- Use only natural bath
and beauty products—your body absorbs whatever you put on your skin
(think BC and nicotine patches).
- Purify the water that you
drink, it's easier than you think!
- Purify the air in your home,
which the EPA says is usually more polluted than the air outside.
- Eat organic food as
much as possible, and take care of your digestive system.
- Use only natural
household cleaners. Remember that chlorine gas is used in chemical
warfare!
- Cook with glass and stainless
steel cookware—never plastic!
- Sleep on natural bedding...fire
retardants applied to both mattresses and linens are from cancer-causing
agents. You don't want to breathe them eight hours a day or more!
- Minimize the volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) when remodeling. Formaldehyde can outgas
for 10 years or more...polluting your indoor air.
Please don't depend on your government
(including the FDA and the EPA) to protect you and your family from the
dangerous chemicals that big-business uses in the products they sell to
us. This IS a capitalistic economy after all, where profit is king.
Note:
I'm not knocking capitalism overall. But it, just like everything else
in life, has a down-side.
IT'S UP TO YOU to protect your family.
YOU control what you buy.
And that's the up-side to capitalism. So
vote with your dollar! Buy only natural and organic stuff for you, your
family, and your home.
And please pass this important
information on to your family and friends. Help us achieve the dream
that we all share: A brighter and healthier future for our children,
grandchildren, and all future generations. For me, it's not about being
Green, and it's not about the environment...it's about feeling great and
making sure my family feels great too!
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