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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average American home generates over 20 pounds of household hazardous waste every year. Cumulatively it's a whopping 1.6 million tons - that's 3.2 billion pounds - of household hazardous waste per year. 176,000 tons of that total, is just from cleaning products. (Nexstar Broadcasting)

A Study In Contradictions
As conducted through the Harris Poll between January and February 2008 Among 1,108 U.S. women aged 18+ with children under 18 still living at home

95% agreed that household cleaning products can be toxic

88% agreed that home cleaning products can be harmful to their health and their families' health

61% agreed that the fumes from cleaning products bothered them

However

70% also agreed that home cleaning products are safe to use around their family

And Only

49% agreed that their children may be exposed to household toxins

"Moms already know household cleaners can be hazardous if swallowed or spilled directly on the skin, but most don't make the connection that when these products are used as directed on floors, sinks and tubs their families are exposed 24 hours a day" Jane Houlihan Environmental Working Group

Only 49% are worried their children might come in to contact with the toxic chemicals they use to clean their floors, and only 35% believe that some rashes on the skin of their children could be from the chemicals in the products they use.


"We are conducting a vast toxicologic experiment in our society, in which our children and our children's children are the experimental subjects," says Dr. Herbert L. Needleman, University of Pittsburgh pediatrician and co-author with Philip Landrigan, MD MSc, Ethel H. Wise Professor of Pediatrics -- Chair of Community and Preventative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Healthy Child Healthy World Board of Directors Member, of Raising Children Toxic Free: How to Keep Your Child Safe from Lead, Asbestos, Pesticides, and Other Environmental Hazards.
 

Good News Though

94% of moms said they would stop using their favourite cleaning product if they found out it may be harmful to their families' health

By making a few small changes in our lives we can confidently provide a better tomorrow for our Children, today

And all it starts with one person who believes

I Believe

How about You?