I love the quote by Maya Angelou that says...
"When you know better, do better."
My #1 job as a Norwex Consultant is to educate and inspire critical thinking. I believe every person will make the right decision for their own families, and they deserve to know they have the option to clean WITHOUT harmful chemicals.
"Of the 287 chemicals we detected in umbilical cord blood, we know that 180 cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests."
"In its history, the E.P.A. has mandated safety testing for only a small percentage of the 85,000 industrial chemicals available for use today. And once chemicals are in use, the burden on the E.P.A. is so high that it has succeeded in banning or restricting only five substances...the E.P.A. can’t even require testing to determine whether a risk exists without first showing a risk is likely. As a result, the overwhelming majority of chemicals in use today have never been independently tested for safety."
-- NY Times
The average woman uses personal care products with 168 different chemicals every day. A study found 16 chemicals used in personal care products in the blood of teen girls, including parabens, phthalates (endocrine disrupting chemicals) and triclosan.
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I started with Norwex because the products WORKED and we needed supplemental income. I stayed with Norwex because of what I learned about chemicals (now I know better!).
"[W]omen who are stay-at-home moms have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than those who work outside the home" (Michael DeJong for Huffington Post).
"A 20-year longitudinal study conducted by scientists at the University of Bergen in Norway has found that using cleaning products can be as harmful as smoking 20 cigarettes a day [that's a FULL PACK of cigarettes A DAY]" (Hallie Detrick for Fortune Magazine).
People who clean for a living are at a huge risk of contracting cancer. A study "confirmed and redefined the association of lung cancer with occupational cleaning, which concerns a considerable proportion of women workers" (PubMed).
"MANY Americans assume that the chemicals in their shampoos, detergents and other consumer products have been thoroughly tested and proved to be safe. This assumption is wrong. Unlike pharmaceuticals or pesticides, industrial chemicals do not have to be tested before they are put on the market" (Ian Urbina for New York Times)
As Michael DeJong states in his article, The Dirty Word in Clean, "Do common cleaners have toxic ingredients? They might. They might not. But until we know for certain -- who here cares to continue to experiment with the health of their children?"
BOTTOM LINE:
1. Know what you're using.
"Wipes containing quats may be of particular concern for children, according to Dawn Gouge, Ph.D., a public health entomologist with the University of Arizona, because they’re sometimes styled as classroom-friendly products. 'They’re marketed to schools. They’re marketed to teachers,' Gouge says.
Quats, just like other EPA-registered pesticides, are usually required to bear a caution: 'Keep out of reach of children.'"
-- Consumer Reports
"Manufacturers are not obligated by U.S. law to list all ingredients in consumer products. Products that are labeled "green" do not necessarily mean they are safer."
-- American Lung Association
2. YOU HAVE OPTIONS!
"...[S]ome schools may request disinfecting wipes as back-to-school supplies or during cold and flu season. If your school is one of those, it’s worth calling the school to find out whether the wipes will be stored out of reach of children...Make sure adults, and not kids, will be the only people handling the products...be aware that the fumes that these products give off...remained detectable in the air for about 20 minutes, according to one study in the journal Environmental Health...
In one case in Massachusetts, officials from the state’s Department of Agricultural Resources sent a warning letter to a school where teachers had given disinfecting wipes to children for the purpose of cleaning desks, computers, and tables. Any cleaning tasks undertaken by children should be done only with regular soap and water."
-- Consumer Reports
3. See for yourself!
Check out the links below to get a rating or a grade for your current products and see how they measure up!
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