Some Facts About Toxic
Cleaning Chemicals
- The Average American uses about 25 gallons of toxic, hazardous chemical products per year in their home... A major portion of these can be found in household cleaning products
- Prosperity Without Pollution by Joel S. Hirschorn and Kirsten V. Oldenburg, 1991 - More than 32 million pounds of household cleaning products are poured down the drain each day nationwide. Sewage treatment plants do not adequately remove the toxic substances found in many of their sites.
- Spring 2002 Edition of CCA Newsletter Partners Cleaning Without Toxic Chemicals - Within 26 seconds after exposure to chemicals such as cleaning products , traces of these chemicals can be found in every organ in the body.
- CHEC's Health House (Children's Health Environmental Coalition. - Petrochemical cleaning products in the home are easily absorbed into the skin. Once absorbed, the toxins travel to the blood stream and are deposited in the fatty tissues where they may exist indefinitely.
- In Harm's Way, a study by The Clean Water Fund and Physicians for Social Responsibility
- At any given time, there is 3.36 million tons of household hazardous waste to contend with in our country.
- CHEC's Health House (Children's Health Environmental Coalition. - According to the National Research Council, no toxic information is available for more than 80% of the chemicals in everyday-use products. Only 1% of toxins are required to be listed on labels, because companies classify their formulas as "trade secrets."
-Lorie Dwornick, researcher, educator and activist, 2002 - The toxic chemicals in household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than air pollution.
- Environmental Protection Agency report in 1985
