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"Patients are advised to substitute organic foods for commercially prepared ones, and natural-based cleaning products and homemade scrubs for commercial cleaners. For a list of alternative cleaning products, write or contact: • The Ecology Center, 117 N. Division, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734-761-3186). • Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet, 40 W. 20 St., New York, NY 10011 (212-242-0010). Negative Energy, Positive Results Acupressure Allergy Relief An Do you feel you have more than your share of allergies? You could be surrounded by too much "positive" energy." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Since September 2006, a state law has required schools in New York to use cleaning products that do not carry any endocrine disruptors, carcinogens, or scents that can trigger reactions such as asthma. Other states may soon encourage similar changes, especially if they hear from enough constituents who support such legislation. Meanwhile, most grocery stores now offer a wide array of safe and toxin-free cleaners (Biokleen, Earth Friendly, and Seventh Generation offer toxin-free product lines). As an alternative, try making your own household cleaners. It's both easy and inexpensive." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"While the common cleaning products used in schools keep the floors, desks, and hallways germ free and smelling fresh, their fumes are potentially dangerous and pose a threat to the health of our children. Because 55 million kids in this country spend most of their waking hours in school, we need to start paying more attention to the cleanliness and safety of these buildings." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The use of infant formula and antibacterial cleaning products has reduced the exposure of probiotics and bad microbes to infants and may be a cause of the increased incidence of allergies we see today. Infant Immunity and Allergies The prevalence of atopic disease is steadily increasing in Western society. In fact, the increase has been so quick that it cannot be caused by genetics; there must be an environmental factor involved. Some scientists believe that the reason there are more allergies in Western society is due to our reduced exposure to microbes at an early age." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"The main sources of benzene exposure are tobacco smoke and vehicle exhaust, but toxic cleaning products might also put you at risk. Toluene, another volatile organic compund, is a highly toxic petrochemical solvent. A carcinogen, neurotoxin, and eye and skin irritant, toluene is used in a staggering array of products used both to clean and to renovate the. home: aerosol paints, floor polishes and other household cleaners, adhesives and sealants, paint and varnish removers, undercoats and primers, vinyl flooring, bathmats, waterproofing compounds, and industrial particleboard." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Industrial solvents are another source of xenoestrogens and are commonly found in cosmetics, fingernail polish, fingernail polish remover, glue, paint, varnish, cleaning products, carpet, fiberboard, and other processed woods. Synthetic hormone replacement drugs and birth control pills. Synthetic hormone repla cement drugs such as Premarin, Prempro, Femhrt, Menest, Ortho-Est, Activella, and many other brand names, as well as birth control pills, contribute to the development or worsening of estrogen dominance." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Pesticides and other chemical toxins as found in non-organic foods, conventional household cleaning products, commercial beauty products, hair dyes (see information below), shampoos, skin lotions, and other personal care products, overtax and suppress the immune system when all its energy and resources are needed to heal the cancer. Especially avoid cosmetics with aluminum bases, mineral powders that contain bismuth and aluminum-laden antiperspirants which are known to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by as much as 300!" - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"I recommend using organic vinegar, which is slightly pricier than the nonorganic kind but still a lot cheaper than most consumer cleaning products. 8. Lemon juice is a natural odor-eater that combines well with other ingredients. It can be used to clean glass and remove stains from aluminum, copper, clothing, and porcelain, and nothing works better on Formica surfaces. When exposed to sunlight, lemon juice is a mild lightener or bleach. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into the wash cycle to get rid of odors on clothing. 9. Table salt is great at removing rust." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"We do this by drinking water that has been filtered, showering and bathing in filtered water, avoiding the use of hot tubs with chlorine-treated water, and not using, or being very careful when using, cleaning products that contain chlorine. Fluorine Fluorine is considered the most chemically active non-metallic element of all the elements. It is never found in nature uncombined, yet humans have created it as a separate element. Our bodies can handle it in the naturally combined forms, but not when it is isolated." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"And some of us may not realize the level of toxicity emanating from our cabinets, as we take for granted cleaning products we falsely think are "safe" and use them liberally around the house, and around our families and children.) When the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) analyzed 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products, they found that 884 of the chemicals were toxic, 314 caused biological mutations, 218 caused reproductive complications, and 778 caused acute toxicity." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Allergic asthma can also be treated via avoidance of triggers in the home and environment such as pet dander, mold, dust mites, cockroaches, tree and other plant pollen in spring, secondhand smoke, perfumes, and chemicals, including those found in standard household cleaning products." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Common cleaning products, formaldehyde, toluene, and benzene are all solvents (meaning they are capable of dissolving other substances) we can typically encounter in daily life when we pump gas, shop for clothes, buy a new car, and pick up laundry. These fat-soluble chemicals collect in the fatty tissues of the body rather than being excreted quickly. They are particularly damaging to those who are deficient in essential fatty acids, because a body deprived of essential fats is a body that will grab onto oily substances—even if that includes toxic substances like diesel fuel?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Indoor pollution typically comes from formaldehyde, aerosol spray products, air fresheners, asbestos, microbes and mold spores, carbon dioxide, house dust, cooking gas, colognes, and cleaning products. In a poorly ventilated building, these pollutants are concentrated and can give rise to a number of symptoms. Airborne chemicals can also come from lead-based paints, indoor pesticides (e.g." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"If enough of us band together and refuse to buy toxic foods and clothes and cleaning products, I can guarantee that the industry standards will change. The more that we demand safe green products, the more widely available—and more affordable—these products will become. It really is that simple. Everything starts with what you buy and bring into your home. "The more consumer demand for green products that you have," Frances Beinecke told me, "the more the market will develop products that are better for people's health. And parents are an incredibly strong source for that movement." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Just be careful in your choice of cleaning products, some of which can be toxic to humans, pets, and the environment. Many nontoxic and environment-friendly natural cleaning products are now available. Look for them in health food stores and even in some supermarkets. Finally, even after you've done all you can to create healthy indoor environments, we recommend that you make it a point to regularly spend time outside in a natural, unpolluted setting, such as a park or your backyard. Most of us spend far too much time indoors, and the consequences of doing so aren't healthy." - Shari Lieberman, Alan Xenakis, Mineral Miracle: Stopping Cartilage Loss & Inflammation Naturally (Get the book.)

"Fruits could replace many toxic cleaning products (most of which contain artificial scents like "fresh citrus"). Kaffir limes are used to wash hair in Bali. Jamaicans clean floors with orange halves. My Parisian friends do their laundry using soap nuts, the dried fruit of the Chinese soapberry tree (Sapindus mukorrosi). These berries contain saponin, a natural steroid that turns frothy and bubbly in water. I tried it: my laundry came out clean and smelling great. Obscurely inspired, we've even used fruits as contraceptives." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"A Web site for information and links to environmentally-friendly cleaning products for the home, automobile, laundry and personal care for infants, children and adults. Living Organic: Easy Steps to an Organic Family Lifestyle Helen Porter, Helen Quested, Patricia Thomas and Adrienne Clarke ISBN: 1570716803 Book Description: A step-by-step guide to practical, non-toxic alternatives, this book discusses the food we eat, the cleaning products and fabrics we use in our homes, the chemicals we use in our gardens and how we can maintain the well-being of our families." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"For a list of alternative cleaning products, write or contact: • The Ecology Center, 117 N. Division, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734-761-3186). • Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet, 40 W. 20 St., New York, NY 10011 (212-242-0010). Negative Energy, Positive Results Acupressure Allergy Relief An Do you feel you have more than your share of allergies? You could be surrounded by too much "positive" energy. One solution: Try using a negative-ion generator, which emits tiny, invisible, odorless and electrically charged particles into your home or office." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Simple tasks such as buying a water filter for your drinking water and replacing your cleaning products with all-natural ones can make an enormous difference in your body's toxic load. The Pulse • Buy a water filter for your drinking water and switch your household products to more body-friendly ones. O Do 35 minutes of restorative exercise. If you can, do it outside. O Continue adding probiotics to your morning smoothie or taking them with it. O Continue taking a multivitamin and an adaptogenic formula. • Continue playing with your rhythm of eating." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "Similarly, our genes are not used to the foreign molecules that continually assault us through the air we breathe, the personal-care and cleaning products with which we douse ourselves and our homes, and the chemicals in the food we eat and the water we drink. These foreign molecules subtly impact our hormones and, I am certain, play a formidable role in creating Spent. I continue to urge you to make more positive changes around your home. It really is time for you to stop poisoning yourself and your hormones." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "And then there is the cocktail of hundreds of man-made toxins—from our cleaning products to the products we put on our skin to the chemicals in our food and water. Our natural habits have shifted from living close to and in sync with the earth to coming in contact with and consuming quantities of warping ingredients, confounding our ability to cope successfully. In an endless variety of ways, we are distorting our natural genetic blueprint for living. The buildup of these multiple assaults on our bodies adds to our total load until a tipping point is reached and we become Spent." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "Switch from standard cleaning products to natural ones or make your own. See Resources on page 305 or my website, www .spentmd.com, for the products I recommend and a more complete list of ways to decrease your household toxic load. Of course, I don't expect you to spend your evening ripping up carpeting or installing a new home water filtration system, but I do want you to begin taking steps to detoxify your home." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"And because a raw food diet makes one ever more health conscious, many other products would also lose their markets: toxic cleaning products, shampoo or toothpaste with toxic ingredients and so on. Moreover, after a year or two of eating raw diets, many people no longer care to watch much TV, preferring instead to use that time tending to their gardens, growing their own food, spending quality time with their families, taking hikes in the wilderness, indulging in creative projects or writing books to tell others about the miracles of eating raw food." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"These toxins seep out of our furniture made with formaldehyde and our sofas made with fire retardants and are in many regular household cleaning products. It is in the stuff we use to wash our dishes with, clean our tables with, wash our toilet bowls with, and clean our clothes in. One of the "green" or environmental movement's biggest assets is that it is actually cheaper to create environments and buildings that support health, rather than those that make us sick." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "Toxins are everywhere—from household cleaning products to plastics in our kitchen-ware, phthalates and bisphenol A in our plastic water bottles, and even in our tap water and air supply. We live in a sea of toxins, and a large body of growing evidence shows that these toxins are, in part, responsible for the epidemic of disease we see in the twenty-first century. Toxic exposures affect the health of all brains, young and old. We must also deal with all the by-products and toxic metabolic wastes created by our own bodies." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"ALLERGIES See also Hay Fever, page 142 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGIES ?Cleaning Products to Blame? If you or a family member notice outbreaks of allergy-like symptoms while housecleaning (or the day after), you may be suffering from a tough-to-diagnose environmental illness. Excess exposure to detergents and cleaning solutions may be contributing to the condition. A new, and highly controversial, medical specialty—clinical ecology—has developed over the past 20 years to provide additional expertise to patients, allergists and other doctors." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"If you feel the need to keep a few regular, chemical-laden cleaning products, store them in airtight containers and keep them in the toolshed or garage. Home Office If you have a home office or room where you store arts and crafts, you may want to rethink how you store glues, ink cartridges, liquid paper, rubber cement, carbon paper, and so on. Keep all of these products, which will be labeled as toxic, in sealed containers. As with any other room, you should keep this one well ventilated and place a large plant or two in a corner." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Another factor in the change of emphasis has been the discovery that this 'pester power' works not only for children's products but for everything families buy - from cars, holidays and entertainment to food, household items and even cleaning products. As avid TV watchers, children are able to pass on marketing messages to parents, and as avid consumers they're quick to pick up on what's in and what's out. So the marketing industry has recruited children to work on their behalf, and 'nag-factor' now features in all major campaigns for family purchases." - Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it (Get the book.)

"Heather's Naturals & Organic cleaning products www.heathersnaturals.com 1 (877) 527-6601 Seventh Generation™ www.seventhgeneration.com 1 (800) 456-1191 Colon (General Health, Structure and Function, etc.) A.D.A.M. Healthcare Center adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Structure-of-the-colon.htm The Colon Cleansing and Constipation Resource Center www.colon-cleanse-constipation.com (Toxicity and Diseases) The Colon Cleansing & Constipation Resource Center www.colon-cleanse-constipation.com www.colon-cleanse-constipation." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"The dried herb is also sometimes included in sachets to repel moths from stored clothing and is sometimes used in cleaning products." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

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