Cleaning - who knew?

As I've become older I noticed that my skin on my knuckles were getting really rough. I kept putting lotion on, and though it covered it up, it never really solved the problem. Well, after seeing "Chemical Nation" I got inspired.

I figured it couldn't hurt to change out my shampoo, soaps, body wash, and house hold cleaners to WholeFoods 360 Brand. It didn't follow all the rules as outlined in the movie, but it covered off most of them. It took about a week, and I noticed that those rough spots on my hands started softening; and then by the end of two weeks, it was back to healthy skin. I'm convinced that this really made a difference, since I didn't change my diet at all. The only thing that changed was the removal of toxic chemicals.

After this, my wife and I have been checking the labels of all the products we've brought into our home. Slowly, everything is being changed over, and everything thing feels just as clean. However, now I'm not thinking about the toxic chemicals I might be breathing in or worse "eating".

As a final comment, I'm not sure if you noticed and ad on tv for Lysol. It shows a mother spraying a youngster's teady bear with Lysol. I wonder how willing the board of directors would be to give their children, or grandchildren a stuffed bear sprayed with Lysol. Considering most youngsters stick everything in their mouths, imagine the toxically report after a child sucks on a Lysol covered stuffed toy. It astounds me that Health Canada hasn't stopped the ad. I'm also surprised that this passed the internal marketing department.

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Chemercial: A Clean for a new Generation

A great movie that gets you thinking. Chemercial: A Clean for a new Generation, investigates what the addition of chemicals to everyday cleaning products such as soap, laundry detergent, shampoo, and tile cleaners do to indoor air quality. Indoor air quality is usually about 10 times more toxic then outside air quality. So Andrew Nisker the film's director and narrator decided to look at the chemicals that are part of everyday life, and managed to get the Goode Family to remove all chemicals from their home for a period of 3 months to see what happens. The Goodes are a straight forward Canadian family, and buy accordingly. They, like many Canadians, have been hit by a job loss, so need to trim their budget.

That is the basic premise of the movie, however, what gave the movie its impact was the improvement to the Goode's standard of living. Their youngest suffered from asthma, and that cleared up during the three months. They felt more energized, and were saving a considerable amount of money each month. Now the obvious flaw is that most of us would never make our own laundry detergent, and the non-toxic substitutes are substantially more expensive.

The other interesting comment I took away from this film, was when the Goode's are taking their old products to the dump. These products, which we've been told are perfectly safe, are required by law to be taken to the hazardous waste section. If the government recognizes them as hazardous, and most of the products clearly state that they are hazardous, then why are they allowed to sold.

So my action is to remove these products from my home. Replace them with non-toxic, and count my lucky stars that I might escape from getting cancer, from all the crap that has been in my life.