Detox Your Home and Health Home should be a haven from the outside world ... and unfortunately it is not! What is a family to do? Think of your family, your children, your pets, and make decisions that will have a positive effect on their health and their future.
Healthy children in a world insane.
Five final steps you can take to protect your children include: stop using lawn pesticides to eliminate tuna from their diet, select organic apple juice and Apple products, the use of ecological cleaning products , and filter your drinking water.
The kitchen - the epicenter of the security
Part of the house in which water is used extensively in cooking. Thus, the use of a filtration system of water life (www.nikken.com / corewellness), have hazardous water appropriately, using nontoxic cleansers and watch items that are heavily sprayed . For example, organic food, dairy, fruits and vegetables that are sprayed are apples, celery, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, lettuce, peppers, potatoes, and strawberries. Those who are less contaminated include artichokes, asparagus, avocados, bananas, beets, sweet corn, cranberries, eggplants, mangoes, onions, pineapple and zucchini.
Minimize or avoid soft plastic, never microwave plastic. Use glass containers food storage, bottles and wooden or metal bowls / cutlery. Avoid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and 3, 6 or 7 plastic.
In the bathroom
We spend much time there, and yet, the bathroom is often dangerous! Use a shower or a bath of chlorine filter to remove chlorine from water. Otherwise, you might as well bath in the local pool. Making healthy choices for shampoos, creams, personal care products.
In the Salon
Minimize exposure to flame retardants in products such as computers, carpets, furniture, home television and floor recycling / buying opportunity, or consult the guides to www.safer-products.org/page.php? p = hous & s = cosm . Limit exposure to formaldehyde in many carpets, curtains Press durable adhesives and particles.
Only buy toys if they are plastic or PVC free phthalate (PVC, Polycarbonate / PC # 3 or # 7 recycling code). Avoid toys and dollar store toys with meals for children. phthalate in teething rings and rattles are Chicco, Little Tikes, Evenflo, Gerber, Hasbro, Fisher-Price, Shelco, Playskool, Mattel, Arco, Tyco and the early years. PVC-free toys are made by Baby Vision, Early Start, Little Tikes, Primetime Playthings, Tiny Love (except Discovery Lane), Brio toys, Gerber after 2000, Playskool toys Viking Sassy (except vinyl photo album), and Lego (except dollheads Scala).
In the basement
Prevent mold and mildew with proper ventilation, if necessary by using dehumidifiers and humidifiers maintenance.
In the garden
Choose products without pesticides on lawns. Carefully inspect your lawn service. It is common practice for companies to integrate advertising "organic" or "green care options" where they use an organic fertilizer, but the use of pesticides and poisons from pre-emergence. Be a responsible consumer, visit Sites such as: www.beyondpesticides.org / lawn / forms / faq.htm .
In the car
Ask your baby's car seat inspected to ensure a safe installation. Consider a used car, which have flame retardant and low.
Posted on June 20, 2010.
