Naturally Clean

by Hollender, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780865715486
• ISBN10: 0865715483
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-31
• Publisher: New Society Pub

Summary

Did you know that your favorite cleaner could be making you sick? Compelling evidence now links the chemicals in household products to a whole range of conditions including cancer, asthma, allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (also known as environmental illness), hormonal disruption, and reproductive and developmental disorders. Yet cleaning products are exempt from the full ingredient disclosure on product labels as required for food and personal care products and enter the marketplace with little or no testing for potential health risks.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Hollender is President of Seventh Generation, Inc., the leading brand of natural household products.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
An Important Precautionary Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Protecting the Place Called Home	p. xv
The Case for Change at Home	p. 1
Here Come the Chemicals	p. 3
Our Homes as Test Tubes	p. 5
Household Chemicals and Cancer	p. 7
Household Chemicals and Asthma	p. 11
Household Chemicals and Hormonal Disruption	p. 13
Household Chemicals and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities	p. 17
The Burden Our Bodies Bear	p. 19
Toward Safer Homes and Healthier Families	p. 21
Household Chemistry 101	p. 23
A Short History of Chemicals	p. 25
Top of the POPs	p. 27
Bad Behavior	p. 29
Acute vs. Chronic	p. 35
What Dose Makes the Poison?	p. 37
A Quick Look at Material Safety Data Sheets	p. 41
Household Chemicals and the World Outside	p. 43
The Dirty Secrets of Household Cleaners	p. 47
The Incredible Case of the Shrinking Label	p. 49
Test- and Approval-Free For You and Me	p. 53
Meet the Usual Suspects	p. 55
Unpronounceably Unhealthy	p. 61
Germ Warfare and Human Welfare	p. 63
Ten Key Ways to Read Labels and Avoid Toxic Products	p. 67
Trouble In Paradise	p. 71
A Better, Healthier Way to Clean	p. 77
Recipe For Safety: Making Your Own Household Cleaners	p. 79
Coming Clean In the Kitchen, Part One	p. 81
Coming Clean In the Kitchen, Part Two	p. 83
Coming Clean In the Kitchen, Part Three	p. 85
Perfluorochemicals	p. 89
Beating a Better Path to a Healthier Bath	p. 93
Devils in the Dust	p. 97
Fighting the Fungus Among Us	p. 101
Clearly Cleaner Windows	p. 103
What to Pour on Your Floor	p. 107
Airing Our Dirty Laundry	p. 109
Ten Safety Precautions for Using Chemical Cleaners	p. 111
Kidstuff	p. 113
Why Our Littlest Ones Face the Largest Risk From Our Homes' Biggest Hazards	p. 115
A Baker's Dozen Ways to Help Kids Breathe Easier	p. 119
Just Say No to VOCs	p. 123
Phthalates Are No Phun	p. 127
Tin Soldiers On: An Age-Old Material is a New Toxic Threat	p. 131
Breathing Easier Indoors	p. 133
How's the Air in There?	p. 135
Something in the Air The Most Common Indoor Air Pollutants	p. 139
Indoor Air Repair	p. 143
A Room-by-Room Guide to Better Breathing	p. 147
Air vs. Machine: Cleaning Your Air With Filters and Purifiers	p. 151
Air Fresheners Stink	p. 155
Use the Power of Plants to Grow a Healthy Harvest of Cleaner Air	p. 157
Ending Bad Air Days One Breath at a Time	p. 161
Recommended Products	p. 163
Glossary	p. 175
Resource Guide	p. 179
References	p. 185
Index	p. 195
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