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Ordinary household products such as cleansers, cosmetics and paints are now the Los Angeles region’s second leading source of air pollution, after auto tailpipe emissions, air quality officials say

Los Angeles Times March 9,  2003

Truly, we live in a world of dreams come true. And the machine we call the house plays an increasingly central role in that world. The fulfillment of these dreams, however has not been without it’s price and it’s price that is both steep and often difficult to see.

Our homes derive much of there comfort and the majority of there conveniences from hundreds if not thousands of household products that are made from and  filled with exotic new substances and materials. Nowhere is this more apparent than the cleaning cupboard, where we rely on a vast collection of liquids, spay, waxes, and powders to make our living space sparkle. Though we use and appreciate these products, their ingredients have been invented within our own lifetimes and marketed to the public with minimal short-term and little or no ling-term safety testing. It remains to be seen if a life-time spent among them is safe let alone good for us. These unknowns have turned modern homes into test tubes and the people living inside them into guinea pigs in a vast and uncontrolled reseach project.

From toilet bowl cleaners to floor polishe, we are living amist ever increasing amounts and numbers of invisible chemical agents. What are the short and long term health consequences of exposure to these materials? What happens inside our bodies when we come into contact with multiple chemicals from mutiple sourses at the same time?

The fact is, where the majority of consumers chemical products are concerned, we really don’t know.

Here is WHY, because the government agency doesn’t require it.

Scary isn’t it!

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