Carpet Cleaning Introduction: Eco Carpet Cleaning (pdf)
Can Chemicals Cause Asthma: Read the study here (pdf)
Why use eco-friendly products?
Using eco-friendly cleaning products is safer, especially where children could inhale fumes or where they are in direct contact with surfaces. Making your home eco friendly will reduce their chances of ingesting and being affected by harmful chemicals. Children will often put things in their mouths and they spend more time on floors and carpets. So by ensuring they are protected from harmful cleaning products it is easy to make the choice to go more eco- friendly.
Will chemicals affect my child's development?
A study by the Environmental Working Group detected 287 commercial pesticides, chemicals and pollutants in the umbilical cords of newborn infants……2004 USA ‘Body Burden: The pollution in newborns…… Children's body systems are developing, and are less able to process toxic substances. …. During early stages of development, especially in the womb, exposure to certain environmental contaminants can result in damage to children's health.
H Vasken Aposhian Ph D – Professor of molecular and cellular biology-University of Arizona. Cynthia Bearer M.D.- Associate Professor -Case western University school of medicine. Pediatrics and Neuroscience
Can Chemicals cause Asthma?
Household chemicals in direct link to asthma rise
A study by Dr Andrea Sherriff - Bristol University UK has shown that asthma is directly linked to the increased use of chemicals in cleaning chemicals used in the home such as bleach, disinfectant and cleaning fluid.
A study of more than 7,000 children shows that children born into households which use chemicals such as bleach and cleaning solvents are twice as likely to suffer persistent wheezing, often a precursor to asthma. The study shows a clear connection between persistent wheezing and use of a range of domestic chemicals, such as bleach, paint stripper, carpet cleaner and air freshener. The use of household cleaning products has soared in the past two decades: the market has grown by over 60 per cent since 1994.
Read the study here (pdf)
