Organic Bytes: Help Stop the Monsanto/USDA Madness!
Stop the Monsanto/USDA Madness
Organic Bytes - publication of Organic Consumers Association
6771 South Silver Hill Drive - Finland, MN 55603 - Phone: 218-226-4164 - Fax: 218-353-7652
#274, April 28, 2011
Vandana Shiva: Monsanto's Great Seed Robbery
"The seed, the source of life, the embodiment of our biological and cultural diversity, the link between the past and the future of evolution, the common property of past, present and future generations of farming communities who have been seed breeders, is today being stolen from the farmers and being sold back to us as 'propriety seed' owned by corporations like the US-headquartered Monsanto."
Three hundred thousand have already signed up as participants and supporters in our Millions Against Monsanto Truth-in-Labeling Campaign. But we need money to print leaflets, to buy educational videos, to print up T-shirts and bumper stickers, and to pay our campaign staff. As you know, GMOs, Factory Farms, and deceptively labeled consumer products pose a mortal threat to public health, climate stability, and all living things. As we speak, organic crops are being contaminated with Monsanto's GMOs. We need your financial contributions to educate and mobilize consumers, to protect and maintain strict organic standards, and to pressure the entire food industry, including natural food stores and co-ops, to adopt Truth-in-Labeling practices.
Stop USDA's Plan for Monsanto and the Biotech Industry to Police Itself!
Genetically modified organisms, planted on 165 millions acres of US farmland, are damaging public health and the environment and undermining climate stability. GM crops have increased the use of toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, destroyed soil fertility and carbon-sequestering capacity, spawned super-weeds, contaminated organic & non-GMO crops, and are less nutritious and more likely to trigger allergies, in general making plants, animals and human beings weaker and disease-prone. Genetically engineered corn for ethanol has decreased grain supplies, raised food prices, and increased world hunger; meanwhile generating the same carbon footprint (greenhouse gas pollution) as conventional gasoline. Genetically engineered trees, fish, and farm animals pose similar hazards to human and environmental health.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has aided and abetted Monsanto and the biotech lobby by failing to accurately assess the environmental and climate impacts of GMOs, just as they have failed to properly assess the monumental damage of chemical agriculture. Now, APHIS, using the excuse of efficiency and cutting costs, wants to turn over the job of conducting environmental assessments to biotech companies like Monsanto that have a vested interested in getting their new GMOs deregulated.
This is a very dangerous game to play with the future of food, agriculture, and our common environment and climate. Tell APHIS to halt their pilot program and instead put their resources towards a more vigorous review of the potential harms of new GMO crops and animals.See You in Chicago, Seattle & New York!
To gear up for the Millions Against Monsanto actions on World Food Day, October 16, 2011, we're hosting regional anti-GMO summits at each of the Green Festivals around the country:
Chicago May 14-15, 2011
Seattle May 21-22, 2011
New York October 1-2, 2011
We need volunteers in each city to host gatherings at their homes or community centers, to put up OCA staff and volunteers in their homes and to work in the Millions Against Monsanto booths.
Get Monsanto Out of Whole Foods & Trader Joe's!
Whole Foods Market claims to support mandatory GMO labels, but admits selling unlabeled foods made with genetically modified organisms.
Whole Foods & Trader Joe's both have non-GMO policies for their store-brand products, but the policy doesn't apply to the rest of the food they sell.
The Millions Against Monsanto campaign is stepping up our efforts to get Monsanto out of Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's.
Get Ready for World Food Day Actions 10/16/11
On Sunday, October 16, 2011, the Organic Consumers Association's Millions Against Monsanto campaign is calling for World Food Day actions to get genetically engineered organisms out of our food.
Get involved by joining your local Millions Against Monsanto chapter!
The goal is to have 435 actions, one in each U.S. Congressional District, and for each action to represent 2300 Millions Against Monsanto supporters.
435 x 2300 = 1,000,000 Against Monsanto
It would be great to have 2300 people participating in each event, but we can also demonstrate our numbers by delivering petitions signed by 2300 people in each Congressional District.
Anyone who can't attend an action on 10/16/11, can join the virtual rally by signing the Millions Against Monsanto petition.
Time to start planning! Here's how to get started.
Via Organica
Join Us In Mexico for a Spring Sustainability Conference
Engineers without Borders, The Center for Appropriate Technology and Indigenous Sustainability- Mexico (CATIS-Mexico) and the Earth and Lime Institute are hosting a month-long spring workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The OCA's sister organization Via Orgánica has been invited to teach during the Small Scale Sustainable Farming week, June 20-24th, 2011. A solution-based course, this program teaches skills in small-scale organic food production for both urban and rural dwellers. Participants will have the opportunity to link practical skills in variety of locales, as well as analyze how overarching global issues like climate change and food scarcity can be confronted.
We are inviting our members to participate in this exciting course. Register by May 7th for the early bird special. Combine your spring vacation with an enlightening and authentic educational experience in the outskirts of beautiful San Miguel. Meet OCA Director Ronnie Cummins and the Vía Orgánica staff.
"Save The Farm" tells the story of the largest urban farm in the United States, a 14-acre organic farm in South Central Los Angeles. For 14 years, the farmers fed their families and community, and created an urban oasis. But when the city sells this public land to a developer in a closed door session, activists and celebrities stage an 11th hour tree sit to try to save the farmers from eviction. This film shows that urban farming is a successful and sustainable solution for local and organic food in cities everywhere.
Our friends at Chelsea Green offer the latest books on sustainability, democracy, new science, and pathways to peace. Thanks to our new Affiliate Program, your online purchase supports the OCA!
Chasing Chiles looks at both the future of place-based foods and the effects of climate change on agriculture through the lens of the chile pepper—from the farmers who cultivate this iconic crop to the cuisines and cultural traditions in which peppers play a huge role.
Why chile peppers? Both a spice and a vegetable, chile peppers have captivated imaginations and taste buds for thousands of years. Native to Mesoamerica and the New World, chiles are currently grown on every continent, since their relatively recent introduction to Europe (in the early 1500s via Christopher Columbus). Chiles are delicious, dynamic, and very diverse—they have been rapidly adopted, adapted, and assimilated into numerous world cuisines, and while malleable to a degree, certain heirloom varieties are deeply tied to place and culture—but now accelerating climate change may be scrambling their terroir.
Become an OCA Sponsor!
Every issue of Organic Bytes now goes to 265,000 organic consumers with a thousand new subscribers each week. Please help us and your business by letting our subscribers know who you are and that you support the work of the OCA. Please contact us if you want more information!
Please forward this publication to family and friends, place it on web sites,
print it, duplicate it and post it freely. Knowledge is power!
Organic Bytes is a publication of Organic Consumers Association
6771 South Silver Hill Drive - Finland, MN 55603 - Phone: 218-226-4164 - Fax: 218-353-7652
Chemically injured ? Environmentally ill? Chronically fatigued
? Chemicals in your own hair spray or cologne can be ruining your life or health of your partner.
Fragrances and chemicals are dangerous to you and at least 20% of the community who are reactive. People vulnerable with asthma and migraines, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression and even high blood pressure react to perfumes and other fragrance products. Chemicals do not belong in a nursery or in a classroom. Chemical composition of fragrances is related to other hazardous wastes, toxic chemicals and pesticides. If you have vulnerable children and infants in your home consider that fragrance free is healthier. Your cologne may be the reason or cause of your child's aggravated health symptoms. Kids now are being assaulted by medications and chemicals that did not exist when you where growing up. Some cities like New Brunswick in Canada and Nova Scotia have banned fragrances in many public places .
FRAGRANCE, PERFUME & COLOGNE – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Perfumes, colognes and body sprays are often called “fragrances.” But under U.S. law, the term fragrance is defined as a combination of chemicals that gives each perfume or cologne its distinct scent. Fragrance ingredients may be produced by chemical synthesis or derived from petroleum or natural raw materials. Companies that manufacture perfume or cologne purchase fragrance mixtures from fragrance houses (companies that specialize in developing fragrances) to develop their own proprietary blends. In addition to “scent” chemicals that we actually smell, perfumes and colognes also contain solvents, stabilizers, UV absorbers, preservatives and dyes. These additives are frequently, but not always, listed on product labels. In contrast, the chemical components in fragrance itself are protected as trade secrets and described on the label only as “fragrance.”
Secret chemicals: Laboratory tests revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 name-brand products, with an average of 14 secret chemicals per product. American Eagle Seventy Seven contained 24 secret chemicals, nearly twice the average found in other products tested.
Multiple sensitizer: The products tested contained an average of 10 chemicals that are known to be sensitizer and can trigger allergic reactions such as asthma, wheezing, headaches and contact dermatitis. All of these were listed on product labels. Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio contained 19 different sensitizing chemicals that can trigger allergic reactions, more than any other product tested.
Multiple hormone disruptors: A total of 12 different hormone-disrupting chemicals were found in the tested products, with an average of four in each product. Three products each contained seven different chemicals with the potential to disrupt the hormone system: Halle by Halle Berry, Quicksilver and Jennifer Lopez J. Lo Glow. In each product, six of these chemicals mimic the hormone estrogen, and the seventh is associated with thyroid effects. Some of these potential hormone disruptors were listed on labels; others were undisclosed and were uncovered in product testing.
Widespread use of chemicals that have not been assessed for safety: A review of government records shows that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not assessed the vast majority of fragrance ingredients in personal care products for safety. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), an industry-funded and self policing body, has assessed only 19 of the 91 ingredients listed on labels or found in testing for the 17 products assessed in this study. The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) and the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM), which develop and set voluntary standards for chemicals in the “fragrance” component of products, have assessed only 27 of the 91 ingredients listed on labels or found in testing for the 17 products assessed in this study, based on a review of assessments published in the past 25 years.
EVERYONE IS IMPACTED BY FRAGRANCE.
The Campaign commissioned a laboratory analysis of men’s and women’s fragrances as well as scented products marketed to teens of both genders; all products tested contained a range of ingredients associated with health concerns, such as allergic sensitization, and potential effects on the endocrine system or reproductive toxicity.
Products were tested by Analytical Sciences, an independent laboratory in Petaluma, California. The lab found, in all, 40 chemicals in the tested fragrance products. Thirty-eight of these were secret, or unlabeled, for at least one of the products containing them, while the other two were listed on all relevant product labels. Ingredient labels disclosed the presence of another 51 chemical ingredients, giving a total of 91 chemical ingredients altogether in the tested products, including hidden and disclosed ingredients combined. Of the 17 products tested, 13 were purchased in the U.S. and four in Canada.
When sprayed or applied on the skin, many chemicals from perfumes, cosmetics and personal care products are inhaled. Others are absorbed through the skin. Either way, many of these chemicals can accumulate in the body. As a result, the bodies of most Americans are polluted with multiple cosmetics ingredients. This pollution begins in the womb and continues through life.
A recent EWG study found Galaxolide and Tonalide, two synthetic musks, in the cord blood of newborn babies (EWG 2009). Both musks contaminate people and the environment worldwide, have been associated with toxicity to the endocrine system (van der Burg 2008) and were identified in the majority of products tested for this study. Similarly, a pregnant woman’s use of some fragrances and other cosmetics frequently may expose her growing fetus to diethyl phthalate (DEP), a common perfume solvent linked to abnormal development of reproductive organs in baby boys and sperm damage in adult men (Washington Toxics Coalition 2009). New research also links prenatal exposure of DEP to clinically diagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder in children (Engel 2010). This analysis found DEP in 12 of 17 products tested, at levels ranging from 30 parts per million (ppm) to 32,000 ppm in Eternity for Women.
Numerous other products used daily, such as shampoos, lotions, bath products, cleaning sprays, air fresheners and laundry and dishwashing detergents, also contain strongly scented, volatile ingredients that are hidden behind the word “fragrance.” Some of these ingredients react with ozone in the indoor air, generating many potentially harmful secondary air pollutants such as formaldehyde and ultrafine particles (Nazaroff 2004).
People have the right to know which chemicals they are being exposed to. They have the right to expect the government to protect people, especially vulnerable populations, from hazardous chemicals. In addition to required safety assessments of ingredients in cosmetics, the laws must be changed to require the chemicals in fragrance to be fully disclosed and publicly accessible on ingredient labels.
As our test results show, short of sending your favorite perfume to a lab for testing, shoppers have no way of knowing exactly which of the 3,100 fragrance ingredients may be hiding in their beauty products or even in their child’s baby shampoo. This study focused on several categories of chemicals – specifically volatile compounds, semi-volatile compounds and synthetic musks. The laboratory analyses, while thorough, were not exhaustive, which means that additional chemicals of concern may also be present in the tested products.
SAFER THAN USUAL SOAPS -ALL OF THEM CAN BE DILUTED
dakota free ,Dr. Bronner super mild Castille and unscented baby and bar soap; Aveeno fragrance free cleansing bars; Rokeach kosher ORIGINAL; Clinique unscented, Pure Castille, Kirks original coco hard water Castille soap; Caswell Massey Pure Castille; Erlanders Olive oil soap; Kiss my face Olive soap; Sirenia Coconut soap; Unscented vegetable glycerin; Colonial soap from Trader Joe’s; Oatmeal unscented from health food stores. Botanic Gold,
US. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Identification of Polar Volatile Organic Compounds in Consumer Products and Common Microenvironment, 1991 reference: Lance Wallace, EPA; Phone 703.648.4287 and Polar Organic Compounds in Fragrances of Consumer Products Symptoms of exposure are taken from industry-generated Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Compiled by Julia Kendall- died from chemical poisoning (1935 - 1997); distributed by Environmental Healing Network
What's in dryer sheets and the new detergents with added laundry softener.
Alpha-terpineol -- Causes CNS disorders ... "highly irritating to mucus membranes” "Aspiration into the lungs can produce pneumonitis or even fatal edema." Can also cause "excitement, ataxia (loss of muscular coordination), hypothermia, CNS and respiratory depression, and headache." "Prevent repeated or prolonged skin contact."
BENZYL ACETATE is carcinogenic and linked to pancreatic cancer . "From vapors: irritating to eyes and respiratory passages, exciting cough." "In mice: hyperaemia of the lungs." "Can be absorbed through the skin causing systemic effects." "Do not flush to sewer."
BENZYL ALCOHOL -- Causes CNS disorders and irritating to the upper respiratory tract" ... "headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drop in blood pressure, CNS depression, and death in severe cases due to respiratory failure."
CAMPHOR -- Causes CNS disorders and on pn EPA's Hazardous Waste list. Symptoms: "local irritant and CNS stimulant" ..."readily absorbed through body tissues" ..."irritation of eyes, nose and throat" ..."dizziness, confusion, nausea, twitching muscles and convulsions." "Avoid inhalation of vapors.
CHLOROFORM is toxic. Anesthetic. Carcinogenic and on EPA's Hazardous Waste list. "Avoid contact with eyes, skin, clothing. Do not breathe vapors ... Inhalation of vapors may cause headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, irritation of respiratory tract and loss of consciousness." "Inhalation can be fatal." "Chronic effects of overexposure may include kidney and/or liver damage." "Medical conditions generally aggravated by exposure: kidney disorders, liver disorders, heart disorders, skin disorders."
ETHYL ACETATE – Narcotic that is on EPA's Hazardous Waste list. "It irritating to the eyes and respiratory tract and may cause headache and narcosis and may cause anemia with leukocytosis and damage to liver and kidneys" "Wash thoroughly after handling."
LIMONENE is Carcinogenic. "Prevent its contact with skin or eyes because it is an irritant and sensitizer." "Always wash thoroughly after using this material and before eating, drinking, ...applying cosmetics. Do not inhale limonene vapor."
LINALOOL is a Narcotic. Causes DNS disorders such as respiratory disturbances and attracts bees." "In animal tests: ataxic gait, reduced spontaneous motor activity and depression ... depressed heart activity ... development of respiratory disturbances leading to death."
PENTANE -- "Danger -- Harmful if inhaled; extremely flammable. Keep away from heat and avoid breathing vapor." "Inhalation of vapors may cause headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, irritation of respiratory tract and loss of consciousness. Repeated inhalation of vapors may cause central nervous system depression.
Contact can cause eye irritation. Prolonged exposure may cause dermatitis (skin rash).
Please ask your doctor to read this too and share with patients.
1,4-dichlorobenzene and para-dichlorobenzene 1,4-Dioxane known carcigenous chemicals penetrate the skin. 1,4-dioxane PEG, polyethylene, polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene, sodium laureth sulfate or oxynol, Polysorbate 60 and polysorbate 80 do not sound like things your baby should sniff while you cuddle him or her? Look at the ingredients of your moisturizers and other body lotions. 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol or Bronopol used as preservative forms carcinogenic nitrosamines in cosmetics, shampoo, lotions and even baby products . Take care!
2-Butoxy-1-Ethanol or butylcellosolve are in most aerosol propellants. Alkyl Phenoxy Polyethoxy Ethanol or phenol is a natural pesticide in everything ! Read your labels on every bottle or propellant you have in your home. Ammonia or ammonium chloride, ammonium hydroxide, benzalkonium chloride and quaternary ammonium compounds irritate skin, eyes and breathing passages and cause skin cancer. Take a look at your stuff under the sink in the bathroom! Read your labels. Plants, animals and fish don't like it. Why should you? The EPA lists ammonia as a toxic chemical so why is it in a wide range of household cleaning products including glass cleaners, all-purpose cleaners, disinfectants and more. Watch out for Ammonium Chloride, Ammonium Hydroxide, Amyl Acetate from banana oil, pear oil that irritate skin and effect the brain cells. Neurotoxins cause central nervous system and depression. Its in your furniture polish, nail finishes, nail polish remover and perfume. Benzalkonium Chloride is used as a disinfectant in hand soaps, dish washing detergent, disinfectants and cleaners. Benzene kills off your mucus membranes, poisons you if you swallow some and the fumes are toxic. The EPA and OSHA admit its a threat to public health but oven cleaners, detergents, furniture polish, spot removers, nail polish remover are full of this . What is the EPA doing on this? Ask! Ask in which century do they plan to phase these toxic products out of use. Bronopol 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol Butane, butoxyethanol , Butyl cellosolve, 2-butoxy-1-ethanol, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, butoxyethanol, butyl oxitol are all highly toxic synthetic solvents and grease cutters designed for the purpose of eating thru living matter . What are your membranes, your liver, your skin and your brain? They are found in degreasers, window cleaners, and other household cleaning products. Butyl Oxitol , Butylparaben, Carbon Disulfide , Caustic Soda a few more to watch. Chlorine or sodium hypochlorite, hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium dichloroixocyanurate, hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid, Chlorine Dioxide can be fatal upon inhalation. Chlorine and its bye products cause injuries and deaths. Chlorine gas was very efficient in the killing of millions in concentrations camps and now chlorine gas is everywhere killing germs and what else ? Check the list of chemical injuries, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and other health problems in the last 50 years. Chlorinated drinking water causes bladder and rectal cancer and Ohio is famous for its high level of bladder cancer. Is it the chemicals in the water or the chlorine or both? Chlorine is listed an a hazard yet its in dishwasher detergent, tub and tile cleaners and even put in swimming pools as well as drinking water enforced by the health department. They obviously have not heard of OZONE and ULTRA VIOLET for disinfection. Cocamide DEA or cocami edi ethanolamine form carcinogenic nitrosamines and are in most dishwashing liquids, shampoos and cosmetics. Cocamide Diethanolamine is not too friendly either. Colors and Dyes (FD&C or D&C) are artificial colors made from petrochemicals and cause cancer. Skin absorption as well as allergies are caused by these delightful dyes found in your children’s food, ice creams, sweets and medicines, and are also irritants to the skin and eyes. They are found on labels as FD&C or D&C and followed by a color and a number. Yellow, amber, green or blue products are obviously dyed with synthetic color as are most all-purpose cleaners. Your medications are full of them so you do not mistake one poison for another. The medications for people suffering from allergies have these dyes in them. D-limonene is an eye and skin irritant causing neurotoxicity. D limonene is in paints, pet flea-control products, lice treatments and cleaning products. So called safe products made of citrus have this as the main ingredient. DEA (also known as diethanolamine and monoethanolamine are specialists in causing skin and eye irritation. They create carcinogenic nitrosamines when they react with other chemicals like nitrates. Check household cleaning and personal care products to find them. Diammonium EDTA , Diazolidinyl Urea , Diethanolamine , Diethylene Dioxide , Diethylene Ether Diethylene Oxide Diethylene ether, dioxane is listed as a hazardous air pollutant in the 1990 Clean Air Act. Check your window cleaners. EDTA known as ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic and diammonium EDTA are experts in irritating mucus membranes and skin leading to allergies, asthma and skin rashes. They bind with heavy metals trapped in lakes and streams so fish and fowl can get their dose and transfer it to you before they die. These chemicals are in your laundry detergent.
Ethoxylated Alcohols Ethylene, Glycol Monobutyl , Ether Ethylene, diamine-tetra-acetic , Ethylparaben Flame Retardants are all mutagenic and carcinogenic to animals. Absorbed through the skin from clothing and bedding as is formaldehyde which is an irritating, allergy-producing neurotoxin and carcinogen causing insomnia, coughing, headaches, nausea, nosebleeds, skin rashes and allows for development of sensitivities to many other chemicals. 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, diazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea and quaternium 15. All break down into formaldehyde used in deodorizers, nail polish and hardeners and is a common air pollutant used in permanent press sheets, mattresses, foam, plastics and building materials. School kids and seniors living or schooling in the new prefabricated or manufactured buildings are falling like flies from the effects of the formaldehyde poisoning in these buildings or even the formaldehyde Fragrances are 95% derived from petrochemicals. Hundreds of chemicals make up the term fragrance. Ethylene chloride, formaldehyde benzene and more. Allergies, skin irritations, headaches nausea are all aggravated if not caused by chemicals as well as allergens.
CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES CAN BE CAUSED ,PROVOKED AND AGGRAVATED BY FRAGRANCES
Glycol Ether brings about irritation of the skin, eyes, nose and throat, and create havoc to the reproductive system. Liver and kidney damage can be caused by absorption of these Ethers. Some household cleaning products, paints, cosmetics and perfumes use them. Read labels on your stuff. These are absorbed by skin so why are they allowed in the products people use as cosmetics? Hydrochloric Acid dissolves and destroys tender tissues upon direct contact. Eyes, nose and throat easily irritated by vapors burn and result in permanent damage. Rust removers are known to use this acid. Hydrogen Chloride Hypochlorite, Imidazolidinyl ,Urea, Diazolidinyl urea , are most commonly used cosmetic preservatives after the parabens. This primary cause of contact dermatitis is in many cosmetics, baby shampoos, personal care products and fragrances, hair products, ointments, lotions. Lindane is toxic causing convulsions and seizures yet used in shampoos for head lice. MEA, Methanol or methyl alcohol brings on eye and skin irritant to cause blindness. It is neurotoxic yet found in household products such as glass cleaners, some paint removers and strippers, art products. Methyl Alcohol Methylparaben Methyl n-Butyl Ketone , Monoethanolamine , Morpholine are extremely toxic and are irritating to skin, eyes and mucus membranes, cause liver and kidney damage while reacting with nitrites to form nitrosamines. These you will discover in most of your cleaners, furniture polishes and car wax. n-Hexane, Naphthas , Napthalene used as moth balls cause irritation to eyes and skin, cataracts, corneal damage and kidney damage. These are carcinogens, extremely toxic to small children and infants and causes blood damage to the fetus. They are in mothballs, air fresheners, deodorizers, carpet cleaners and toilet bowl cleaners. Nonylphenol is an endocrine disruptor and should be avoided.
PLANTS TO ABSORB TOXINS
Areca palm- Chrysalidocarpus lutescens -8.5 of all indoor air toxins.
Lady palm - Rhapis excelsa- 8.5, all indoor air toxins.
Bamboo palm - Chamaedorea seifrizii ,-8.4,benzene,trichloroethylene and formaldehyde.
Rubber plant - Ficus robusta,-8.0, formaldehyde.
Dracaena 'Janet Craig' -Dracaena deremensis, 'Janet Craig , 7.8, all indoor air toxins, especially cigarette smoke.
English ivy -Hedera helix-- 7.8, formaldehyde.
Dwarf date palm -Phoenix roebelenii-7.8, xylene (found in paints, solvents and adhesives).
Ficus Alii -icus macleilandii 'Alii'--7.7, all indoor air toxins.
Boston fern-Nephrolepis exaltata 'Bostoniensis'--7.5, formaldehyde.
Peace lily -Spathiphyllum sp.--7.5, alcohols, acetone, trichloroethylene, benzene and formaldehyde.
Corn plant -Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana'--7.5-all indoor air toxins.
Golden pothos -Epipremnum aureum--7.5, all indoor air toxins.
Kimberley Queen fern -Nephrolepis obliterata---7.4, all indoor air toxins, especially formaldehyde and alcohols.
Florist's mums -Chrysanthemum morifolium-- 7.4- formaldehyde, benzene and ammonia.
Gerbera daisy -Gerbera jamesonii- 7.3, all indoor toxins.
Dracaena 'Warneckei' -Dracaena deremensis 'Warneckei'-- 7.3, benzene.
Dragon tree -Dracaena marginata--7.0, xylene and trichloroethylene.
Red emerald philodendron -Philodendron erubescens-- 7.0, all indoor air toxins.
Syngonium -Syngonium podophyllum-,-7.0, all indoor air toxins.
Parlor palm -Chamaedorea elegans--6.6, all indoor air toxins.
SOLVENTS IN TOILETRIES
Hexachloephene ,
acetyl-ethyl ,
tetramethyl-
tetralin ,
zinc,
pyridenethione,
butanol
toluene , benzal chloride,
methylene chloride ,
and limonene
300 other known tested toxins and are accepted by our EPA and FDA in our cosmetics. Also found in food and water.
CHEMICALS APPROVED BY EPA AND FDA ARE CAUSING
Autoimmune diseases, multiple chemical sensitivity asthma and allergy, sinusitis, depression, addictions, lack of orientation. Cancer and a host of symptoms few are trained to recognize and treat. Recycled hazardous wastes and pesticides are included as ingredients for shampoos and nail polish, hair spray and fragrances. Chemicals restricted in industry are FDA approved in your baby’s shampoo.
While 30% Americans are known to be suffering from toxicity in the environment you are still breathing, absorbing or eating dangerous chemicals. All fragrances are suspect. Odors affect the brain as you breathe just like cocaine whether you have diagnosed symptoms or not.
Check ingredients and suspect the word inert. Aerosols containing ammonia, chlorine and chloride, air fresheners and disinfectants containing pesticides or other dangerous to human life materials are used liberally without warning. Don’t become a chemical injury or allergy statistic. Cancers, depressions, autoimmune disease, senility, arthritic type symptoms, fatigues or even high blood pressure are being aggravated and even caused by an increasing chemical onslaught. Watch your chemical load.
DANGEROUS CHEMICAL FUMES IN CARPETING
call us for solutions
Adhesives 4-pc (4-phenylcyclohexene) and many chemicals such as styrene come from sb latex backing and create the fumes associated with regular new carpets. These cause headaches, runny eyes and nose and odors persist for months and years. After an EPA headquarters incident when hundreds of employees became ill of sick building syndrome, the chemical companies supplying sb latex to the carpet industry coordinated a styrene butadiene latex manufacturers council. Tests where done to appease the public. Vinyl-backed carpet tiles were tested. They emitted a distinct chemical odor, such as vinyl acetate and formaldehyde. The cpsc study did not find any negative health could result from this, but people breathing the fumes did. Health complaints associated with carpets include neurological, central nervous system and respiratory problems. Asthma, allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity (mcs) and environmental illness (ei) are on the increase as people become exposed to low level exposures whether chronic or in one onslaught. Volatile organic chemicals (vocs), styrene, 4-pc, and formaldehyde are the worst. Although some states warn people of their presence in carpets, the industry persists in using carpet adhesives and seam sealants, cushions and pads, emitting dangerous toxic chemical fumes. Carpet adhesive is spread over the entire surface and is usually sb latex. Seam sealants release 1,1,1-trichloroethane and toluene. Many carpets with nylon face fibers are stitched into polypropylene primary backing and positioned with styrene butadiene latex (sb latex, called sbr for styrene butadiene rubber) adhesive on the underside. two pounds per square yard of adhesive is the usual secondary sb backing for most carpets. Polypropylene is the primary backing for others. Some carpets have fabric or polymer secondary backing, attached with a thin coat of sb latex. Synthetic foam cushion laminated directly to carpet is another form of backing. Backing materials of styrene butadiene latex are highly reactive compounds, made of toxic components. 4-pc, sblatex, polypropylene or polyurethane. Carpet cushion of bonded urethane, prime urethane, sponge rubber, synthetic fiber, and rubberized jute are cushioning material. Urethane made by foaming urethane and methyl butane. Sponge rubber cushion is synthetic rubber material than has been vulcanized or foamed. Carpet dyeing, resistant scotch guard (tm), antistatic, antimicrobials are all no good for you.
Call us for solutions
1 800 968 9355
Visit www.nontoxic.com
CALL US FOR SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR DETOXING YOUR HOUSE . YOU ARE WELCOME TO COPY ANYTHING ON MY SITE IF IT WILL HELP OTHERS STAY HEALTHY.
see chemical
injury network CIIN.NET for additional information on chemical injuries and
groups serving people who have been injured by chemicals or working
to stop use of dangerous chemicals. Call 1 800 968 9355 for personal attention and leave phone number for return calls if we are taken up with another client. A real person-Daliya Robson will return the call .
* Maintenance
Chemicals: pesticides, disinfectants, deodorizers, waxes. * Strong
odors ("outgassing") from construction, renovation and furnishing
projects such as carpeting, glue, paints, roofing materials, pressed
board products. * Office and classroom equipment and materials: solvent-based
markers, printer, copy machines, craft and laboratory supplies. *
Car and bus exhaust fumes. * Scented personal products. * Dusts
and molds. * Inadequate fresh air intake and ventilation. * Poor air
distribution. * Temperature and humidity extremes. * Poorly maintained
ventilation systems. * Emissions from nearby businesses, farms, factories,
landfill sites. In an average lifespan of 70 years, we breathe some
500 million to one billion times. The quality of the air we breathe
intimately affects our personal state of health and vitality. When
students and teachers are trapped in these energy-efficient, sick
schools, and engulfed in a cloud of some 900 identified indoor air
pollutant, many of which are capable of causing cognitive, behavioral
and immune dysfunction.
National
Environmental Trust
After
the Hurricanes: We have new articles about toxics in chemical plants,
oil refineries and other industrial facilities that were in the paths
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, complete with (we're such nerds) spreadsheets!
Plus, look at Katrina's potential effects on Gulf Coast fisheries
and the state of the debate over global warming and hurricanes. For
your listening pleasure, some articles include MP3s of our press briefings.
Toxic
Chemicals: Did you know that the EPA has proposed cutting in half
the frequency with which industrial facilities must report their toxic
emissions? This data (called the Toxic Release Inventory) has been
essential for tracking environmental dangers to the public, including
after this year's hurricanes.
Global
Warming: Check out our new site about global warming's ill effects
on snowfall in the American West, beautifully illustrated with photos
donated by a skilled Western photographer. Water is the West's greatest
vulnerability, and the report shows the potentially dire consequences
of warmer winters.
More:
Overfishing, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and the environment,
and lawsuits over the Roadless Rule -- just a glimpse of what else
we've published recently at NET.org.
: http://www.net.org
New! Sign up for our RSS feed. Get automatic notification as we post
new articles on pressing environmental topics. Go to http://www.net.org/rss/
for details.
Organizations
& Publications that Inform you on what to avoid and above all why
to avoid . Multiple chemical sensitivities do not leave you once it
sets in
Chemical Injury Information Network, P.O. Box 301, White Sulfur Springs,
MT 59645; 406-547-2255 Publicaton of"Our Toxic Times" is worth subscribing
to .
Our Toxic Times maintains library of 10,000 medical references. Donations
are encouraged in order to keep up with this work. If you are injured
and need help with a doctor or lawyer or how to survive in a toxic
world contact this organization.
Human Ecology Action League (HEAL), P.O. Box 49126, Atlanta GA 30359;
404-248-1898 "The Human Ecologist" is a wealth of information. You
don't need to be disabled to take an interest . Find out before you
are too ill on what to avoid.
INFORMATION ON CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES AND PRODUCT SAFETY: á
EPA Sponsored National Pesticides Telecommunications Network, 800-858-7378
(806-743-3091 in TX) á
Environmental
Research Foundation (publishes "Rachel Carson's Hazardous Waste News"),
410-263-1584
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, 202-543-5450
Toxic
Substances Control Act Hotline (U.S. EPA), 202-554-1404
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 800-638-2772
Here is
the source code for the link to MCS-Global and see how much people are
injured from chemicals .
Global
Recognition Campaign for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
