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

Video Clip of “Are you exposing your child to a Toxic Brew?
http://www.rmbarry.com/audio_video/media/TBWM_preview_dsl.html

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 Health Administration (US Department of Labor group)
http://osha.gov/


 

US Dept of Health and Human Services

MSDS Information Resources


Government Information Resources


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/  
 
Health & Environment Resource Center 
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 Mt. Sinai Hospital.  Lists toxins found in peoples blood and where they originate 
http://www.bodyburden.org/ 

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