Potential health effects of Household Products

Find out all about the chemicals and poisons that may be lurking under your sink or in common household products. It's free online, and no registration is required.

It's the Household Products Database from the National Institutes of Health and The National Library of Medicine.

You can easily search for Auto products, Inside the Home, Pesticides, Landscape and Yard Chemicals, Personal Care, Home Maintenance, Arts and Crafts, Pet Care and much more, either alphabetically or by category.

Click on the category, then select the type of product, and then click on the exact Brand name of most popular products. To really get technically informed, you can click directly to the Product Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) prepared by manufacturers.

Additionally, there is a direct link from the Household Products Database to TOXNET, the Toxicology Data Network that will connect you to the lowdown nitty-gritty on common household products and chemicals.

At TOXNET you can search and explore in-depth info about Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases from a variety of highly credible scientific sources.

We encourage you to take the time and find out about your favorite brands! Information is your best defense against commonly used chemical products that may be harming your family. We invite you to discover many safe alternative Home Care products at our Web site, Clean Solutions. Our mission is to bring safer, healthier, convenient Green Cleaning alternatives direct to you. Thank you!

Some Facts About Toxic Cleaning Chemicals

Household Chemicals Pose a Significant Threat to the Health and Safety of Families, Particularly to Children.

We all need to realize how many chemicals we expose ourselves and our families to every day, and take steps to create a healthier environment in our homes.

CONSIDER THESE FACTS:

• The Average American Uses about 25 Gallons of toxic, hazardous chemical products per year in their home... A major portion of these can be found in household cleaning products.
• More than 32 million pounds of household cleaning products are poured down the drain each day nationwide. Sewage treatment plants do not adequately remove the toxic substances found in many of their sites.
• Within 26 seconds after exposure to chemicals such as cleaning products , traces of these chemicals can be found in every organ in the body.
• Petrochemical cleaning products in the home are easily absorbed into the skin. Once absorbed, the toxins travel to the blood stream and are deposited in the fatty tissues where they may exist indefinitely.
• At any given time, there is 3.36 million tons of household hazardous waste to contend with in our country.
• According to the National Research Council, no toxic information is available for more than 80% of the chemicals in everyday-use products. Only 1% of toxins are required to be listed on labels, because companies classify their formulas as "trade secrets."
• The toxic chemicals in household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than air pollution.

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Article Sources:
CHEC (Children's Health Environmental Coalition)

North American Hazardous Materials Management Association (NAHMMA)