Hello, safe and clean home!
In 1976, Congress passed the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) which grandfather in between 63,000 - 100,000 chemicals that were on the market. These chemicals were grandfathered in, without any testing, and are simply unregulated. Yes you read that right…
Today, only about 50% of the chemicals on the market have been subject to any chemical testing at all.
Under this act, manufacturers are protected by trade secret laws, so that they do not even have to post what ingredients are in their products. If you go look at a bottle of household cleaner, you may be surprised to see that they only list a small percentage of the ingredients in the bottle. Under the TSCA, manufacturers are protected by trade secrets laws that allow them to keep their ingredient lists a secret. Sorry we can’t tell you what’s in the bottle you are using because it’s our secret….WHAT?
So, what does that mean to you? Simply put: these chemicals have not had any safety testing and we know very little information about their effects.
“Not so Fun Facts”
- Quality of air inside homes is 5-7 times more toxic than outdoor air quality
- It only takes 26 seconds for chemicals in your personal products to enter your bloodstream.
- 1938 was the year the government last passed a Federal Law regulating the cosmetics industry. Again 1938.
- Consumer Householding Cleaning Product Sales was over $7.3 Billion in 2007.
Thanks to consumer awareness, the sales growth is slowing down! - This could be due to the push in chemical free cleaning, DIY, and natural products -- like Essential Oils!
So it is time to replace this toxic garbage little by little, month by month, step by step - either with ready-made YL products or with things we can make ourselves with oils-- for CHEAP, like really inexpensive. Products that are not only SAFE for us and our kiddos, but BENEFICIAL. We have that option!
Xoxo,
Marc
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