
Below you will find some of the many credible sources that were used during 2 years of extensive research. The intent is to educate you in hopes that you will choose to eliminate toxic chemicals from your home and switch to the safer, less expensive alternatives!!
Take a virtual home tour with the EPA: http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour
Children and household toxins:
http://www.rmbarry.com/research/toxics_children.html
Research reports, toxin brochures and educational tools – www.RMBarry.com
National Cancer Institute (NCI).
http://www.cancer.gov/
National Cancer Institute SEER site (for stats on cancer)
http://seer.cancer.gov
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997, Facts on Lead, http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/guide/1997/docs/factlead.htm
Environmental Working Group article “Are We Poisoning Our Kids?”
http://www.ewg.org/news/story.php?id=3426
Environmental Working Group (EWG) (Chemical Industry Archives Project) http://www.chemicalindustryarchives.org/factfiction/
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org
American Lung Assoc article Indoor Air Pollution facts http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=34706&ct=142852
Chemicals found in fabric softeners, by the EPA http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/fabricsoftener.html
OSHA: Occupational Safety and
US Dept of Health and Human Services
MSDS Information Resources
Government Information Resources
- OSHA's MSDS Regulation - Hazard Communication 1910.1200
- Consumer Labeling Initiative (EPA)
- 'Read the Label First!' Campaign (EPA)
- Hazardous Products in the Home (EPA)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
From the National Library of Medicine
- TOXNET
Databases in toxicology and environmental health - Tox Town
An interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances - MEDLINEplus
Find answers to your health questions
PubMed
References and abstracts from 4500 biomedical journals
Visit these sites for more info:
The Oprah Winfrey show investigates with Kelly Preston the dangers of household cleaning products. Go to Oprah's website and search "Kelly Preston". Oprah.com
Olivia Newton-John and Kelly Preston shed light on why childhood cancer rates have increased 10.8% in the past decade.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-11-08-chec.htm
Preventing harm
www.preventingharm.org/index.html
MSNBC
Our Bodies, Our Landfills ?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3076636/
PBS
www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/
http://www.herc.org
Material Safety Data Sheets for Common Household Products
http://www.herc.org/library/msds.htm. (Be sure to check out Formula 409, it has the following warning....Health Haz Acute And Chronic: EYES: IRRITATION. SKIN: ABSORBED. EXPOSURE TO ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER WILL CAUSE BLOOD & BONE MARROW DAMAGE.)
We should be protecting our skin and definitely not inhaling this stuff...are you taking precautions when using these products ? I wasn’t!
Formaldehyde Warning
http://www.birthdefects.org/abstracts/formaldehyde.html
Study done by
http://www.bodyburden.org/
