Goes Green Clean: Living Green in a Non Toxic Home Environment

Create Your Non Toxic Home Environment ~ Living Green 3

By Tana Hamiter- Goes Green

Many of you are realizing that the number of toxic chemicals in your homes and environment are seriously impacting children, youth and adults health physically and mentally. Is yours the average home? 150 chemicals found in the home are connected to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological disorders. [Source:2006 Consumer Protection Agency (CPA)] Living green is becoming a goes green family and is more accepted by some and absolutely ignored by others, sad to say.

There are many simple tips on green living that do not seem like they would make a lot of difference, but they do. Even small steps you take have a large impact. How do you start developing a non toxic home environment? The same way you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.

First obviously, get rid of all scented products, not only are they un-needed but there is an alarmingly sharp rise of people who have environmental allergies. That leads from mild to others carrying mini respirators, avoiding all public places like theaters, many stores, and even becoming home bound. Fragrances are an artificial ingredient made normally of chemicals.

By the way, what is the scent of clean? NO, not strong Pine, Clorox or even Ammonia. That may be what your grandmothers believed, but in reality it is bring poison into your home. Green clean is just that, no smell at all. Toxins are poisons affecting your health.

Look carefully at the way your landry is handled. This is an area where many are ‘programmed’ to use products out of habit. There is no need for dryer sheets, fabric softeners, Clorox or detergents that are scented. These types of products are not green clean; they are toxic to your home, family and the environment.

Water is our life blood. Take steps to drink and bathe only in filtered water. Many are turning to bottled water, sham sham on you! All that plastic ends up the landfills, plus they use so many resources of water and fuel to produce and deliver. Also most of those bottles leach toxins into the water your drinking.

It is much better to purchase one of the many BPA-Free Water Bottles, available at camping and out-door fitter stores, co-ops and now even in many grocery stores. They come in many colors and are a high grade plastic that does not leak toxic chemicals. Be sure to keep it very clean. There have been studies where tests are done at gyms where many people use water bottles. Most were from moderate to heavily contaminate from not being properly cleaned.

Living green means refilling your bottle from a fresh filtered water sources at home. A high quality filter on kitchen sink is one way. Or on the refridgrator door but that is hard to fill pots with so people often just head for the sink again. Or best yet, one for the home so the showers are coverd as well. Your skin is the largest organ for detox and bringing in chemicals.

Do yourself and your family a favor, stay out of chlorine pools, use saline pools instead. That toxic chlorine is in your blood stream in minutes. The same goes with your showerhead, are you bathing in toxins unknowingly every morning?

As to your clothing, did you know that when you buy wrinkle resistant or permanent press, these cloths are treated with formaldehyde that never washes out? Our skin is the largest organ for detoxing, it stands to reason that it also takes in toxins lying against it.

Eat home grown organic foods as much as possible. Now most people do not have land any more to grow organic gardens so you will most likely need to seek out a good store in your area. You and your family are worth it! Additives like NutraSweet (aspartame) bread down into formic acid which they use to as ant-sting poison and methanol which is wood alcohol to your body.

Any non toxic home environment will be living green with clean cleaning products and personal-care products. There is a simple test you can take to determine how green your home is. Change one thing at a time or go for the gold, and do a home make over, getting the whole family involved.

Even in the most polluted cities, the outdoor air has been found to be less toxic than the indoor air! So throw open your windows as often as possible! The freshness feels so good.

It is hoped that these simple tips on green living will lead you to take those small steps that make such a big difference. Your family is worth a non toxic home environment. Living green is not that hard with a little planning and some practice until it becomes habit. Share information with others, friends and family. We can make a difference in our Health and Wellness.