Not many realize that indoor pollution is worse than outdoor pollution.

1. Indoor Pollution
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2. No One is Safe From Chemical
OverloadJuly 10, 2008 | 64,458 views

3. Even the Conscientious Environmentalist
When Viviane Maraghi took blood tests to find
out how many chemical pollutants were in her
body, she expected the number to be low. An
environmentalist, she carefully monitored
what she ate and the household products and
items she purchased.
Nevertheless, lead, arsenic, mercury, PCBs,
flame retardants, and an array of other chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and
neurological diseases were all well represented in her bloodstream. She tested positive
for 36 of 68 potentially toxic chemicals, many of which never actually leave the body,
but instead continue to accumulate over time in tissues such as fat or bone.

4. Even the Conscientious Environmentalist
Dangerous chemicals are in the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat
and the products you use. Over the last 50 years, from 70,000 to 100,000 different
chemicals have been introduced into the world‘s markets with about 1,500 new ones
added each year. Only now are governments beginning to examine the dangers posed
to human health and world ecosystems.
Many western governments are finally initiating new chemical controls as part of the
2006 Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management agreement. Leading
the way is the European Union, with a new program called REACH (Regulation on
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) that requires
industry to prove the safety of their chemicals and consumer products before they reach
the market.

5. Even the Conscientious Environmentalist
Dr. Mercola's
Comments:
The sheer number of toxic chemicals that you are exposed to on a daily basis is truly
staggering. With some 100,000 different chemicals being used throughout the world,
and 1,500 or so more being added each year – all without any major oversight or testing
for safety until after the fact – is it any wonder that you’re not as healthy as you should
be?
The number of toxic chemicals is so large, addressing them all would be an impossible
mission, but I believe being an informed and vigilant consumer CAN help you keep your
toxic load as low as possible, even if it may be impossible to cut your exposure to zero.

6. Even the Conscientious Environmentalist
After all, they’re everywhere; in your air, water, soil, food supply, and in a vast majority
of the personal care, household and yard products you use on a regular basis. Today,
they’re even in the circuitry boards of the electronics you surround yourself with. Some
of the sources of toxins you have control over. Others, you don’t.
Keep reading to find out tips on how to limit your exposure to some of the most common
of these health hazards.

7. How Is Your Home?
Your Home – Healthy Haven, or Toxic Nightmare?
Many people do not realize that their home – the building itself as well as your
furnishings and decorations – is a major source of toxic contamination.
According to EPA studies, indoor air pollutants are anywhere from three to 70 times
higher than outdoors! This is why I often recommend using a high quality air purification
system in your home, and hopefully in your place of business as well.
Personally, I’ve gone to great lengths to remedy most of these common indoor
problems. Not only are the building materials, paints, and furniture in my new office
building all non-toxic recycled materials (or materials that can be easily recycled), but
our air filtration system is beyond state of the art, circulating completely PURE air.

8. Your Home –
Healthy Haven, or Toxic Nightmare?
Many people do not realize that their home –
the building itself
as well as
your furnishings and decorations –
is a major source of toxic contamination.

9. Your Home –
Healthy Haven, or Toxic Nightmare?
According to EPA studies,
indoor air pollutants are anywhere
from three to 70 times higher than
outdoors!

10. Other common hazards in your home that add
to your toxic load include:
Mold and other Fungal Toxins: One in three people have had an allergic reaction to
mold. Mycotoxins (fungal toxins) can cause a range of health problems with exposure to
only a small amount.
Risks: Cancer, heart disease, asthma, multiple sclerosis, diabetes
Major Sources: Contaminated buildings, food like peanuts, wheat, corn and alcoholic
beverages

11. Other common hazards in your home that add
to your toxic load include:
VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds): VOCs are a major contributing factor to ozone,
an air pollutant. According to the EPA, VOCs tend to be even higher (two to five times)
in indoor air than outdoor air, likely because they are present in so many household
products.
Risks: Cancer, eye and respiratory tract irritation, headaches, dizziness, visual
disorders, and memory impairment
Major Sources: Drinking water, carpet, paints, deodorants, cleaning fluids, varnishes,
cosmetics, dry cleaned clothing, moth repellants, air fresheners.

12. Other common hazards in your home that add
to your toxic load include:
Asbestos: This insulating material was widely used from the 1950s to 1970s. Problems
arise when the material becomes old and crumbly, releasing fibers into the air.
Risks: Cancer, scarring of the lung tissue, mesothelioma (a rare form of cancer)
Major Sources: Insulation on floors, ceilings, water pipes and healing ducts from the
1950s to 1970s.

13. The Unsuspected Price Tag of Convenience and
Beauty
Next, there are all those products you use in daily life. From your personal care
products, to household cleaning agents, to plastic food containers and baby bottles…
Many of them contain ingredients that are known to be toxic or cancer-causing.
For more information about which ones you’ll definitely want to avoid, please review the
articles listed under Related Articles below, as I’ve written quite extensively on these
issues before.

14. The Unsuspected Price Tag of Convenience and Beauty
Something you may not have seen or heard before, however, is this list of the Top
Cancer-Causing Products in the average home, as compiled by the National Cancer
Prevention Coalition, which includes:
 Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder with talc
 Crest Tartar Control toothpaste
 VO5 Hair Conditioner
 Clairol Nice-n-Easy Hair Color
 Cover Girl Replenishing Natural Finish Make Up
 Ajax cleanser
 Lysol disinfectant
 Zud Heavy Duty Cleanser

15. The Unsuspected Price Tag of Convenience and Beauty
I believe that putting something on your skin can be even
more dangerous to your health than ingesting it directly.
That is why it is important that you decide to create your
own personal care line of products that are 100% Organic &
Natural. Have your own best, most pure skin care product
lines. It should truly be effective and has absolutely no
synthetic ingredients.

16. How High Is Our Exposure?
So, just how high is your exposure to toxic compounds from your environment; the air
you breathe; your city water supply?
If you’re a U.S. resident, one way of assessing your level of exposure in the area where
you live, is by checking out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TRI
Explorer database.
This site summarizes the basic Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for each county
and state, starting from 2002, and contains information about the releases of toxic
chemicals by industrial facilities.

17. How High Is Our Exposure?
The TRI was established by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act (EPCRA) of 1986, for the purpose of providing you with information about the
presence and release of toxic chemicals in your community.
For example, within the state of Illinois (where I live) the grand total emissions of toxic
chemicals from industry were almost 87,670,000 pounds in 2006 alone. That’s toxins
released into the air, water, landfills, underground injection wells and other waste
management locations, just within my state.

18. Is There Hope?
Is There Hope?
I realize this can get quite overwhelming, but as I stated earlier, I believe you CAN limit
your exposure, and hence your risk of suffering any debilitating effects.
So, instead of feeling overtaken by the enormity and the pervasiveness of the problem,
please focus on the things that you can control right now. That would include
switching to non-toxic and natural alternatives for things that you use on your body, in
your home and around your yard, to start.
Like Viviane Maraghi stated in this article, if her and her son’s test results revealed
toxins in their bloodstream despite the fact that they eat mostly organic and are careful
about the household products they buy, just imagine what your toxic load might be if
you pay no attention at all!
[+] Sources and References
 The Gazette June 20, 2008