Your Green Chance

I've come to realize just how much we are enamored and influenced by the Advertising that we see on TV and just how afraid of change we are. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, and after I explained to him that the EPA has come out with a study showing that Women who work at home have a 54% higher chance of getting cancer, due to household chemicals, his answer was, ... Drum-roll Please: "Well I really can't get into that because that is the domain of my wife, and besides, why should we buy something from a catalog or website, when I could just run down to the store to get the stuff I need". Honestly, I was shocked. I had just finished explaining to him how with this company, you're basically getting products similar to what you would find at places like Whole Foods, but with the prices that we had come to expect from your local supermarket. In essence our customers are not buying anything new, simply changing where they buy those same products from. Are we so conditioned to doing things the same way that we can't change even when it's in our best interest? Even when we're faced with the prospect of poisoning our spouses and our children, are we so set in our ways that we can't even look at the possibility of change? It really doesn't make any sense to me. The funny part is, I didn't get into this for the money, I'm a Systems Administrator. I usually get between $75.00 for Residential and $125.00 an hour for Businesses for providing my clients with Computer Services, and business is great. I'm doing this because I care about my friends and my family, and about our environment. I've seen the damage that can be done by these poisons we keep in our homes, because we think we have no choice, but the truth is that we do have a choice. We can make a difference. We do however have to overcome the sense that we have to keep doing things the same way we've always been doing things, in order to move forward. Consider the following and you tell me if you think it's time for a change:

• More children under four die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with guns at home.
• The average home today contains more chemicals than were found in a typical chemistry lab.
• Most dishwashing detergents include naphta, which is a central nervous system depressant, diethanolamine, a possible liver poison, and chlorophenylphenol, a metabolic stimulant that is considered a toxic substance.
• Of all the chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities.
• We have a higher rate of kids with cancer and learning disabilities than ever.
• According to the American Cancer Society, there has been a 26 percent increase in cancer over the last 2 decades!
• Cleaning products and some personal care products release toxic vapors into the air when they are used and even when they are stored. Children may be particularly vulnerable to chemical fumes. They inhale more air per pound of body weight than adults, and because pollutants are generally heavier than air and collect closer to the floor, small children breath greater concentrations than do grown ups.
• Most of us are concerned about the environment, but isn't the environment within our own homes the most important? If the home care and personal care products we are using are toxic and harmful, we are hurting ourselves, our families and the environment.
• Indoor air pollution is a suspected culprit in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In 1983, a research team at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, pioneered early research on SIDS & Endorphins. SIDS is higher in the winter because of decreased ventilation!

Points to consider:

~ Less than 2% of synthetic chemicals have been tested for toxicity, mutagenic, carcinogenic, or birth defects.

~ An EPA survey concluded that indoor air was 3 to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air.

~ Another EPA study stated that the toxic chemicals in household cleaners are 3 times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor air.

~ CMHC reports that houses today are so energy efficient that "outgassing" of chemicals has no where to go, so it builds up inside the home.

~ We spend 90% of our time indoor, and 65% of our time at home. Moms, infants and the elderly spend 90% of their time in the home.

~ National Cancer Association released results of a 15 year study concluding that women who work in the home are at a 54% higher risk of developing cancer than women who work outside the home.

~ Cancer is the Number ONE cause of death for children.

~ Cancer is the Number ONE killer of women between the ages of 35 and 54.

~ There has been a call from the U.S./Canadian Commission to ban bleach in North America. Bleach is being linked to the rising rates of breast cancer in women, reproductive problems in men and learning and behavioral problems in children.

~ There are more than 3 million poisonings every year. Household cleaners are the Number ONE cause of poisoning of children.

~ Since 1980, asthma has increased by 600%. The Canadian Lung Association and the Asthma Society of Canada identify common household cleaners and cosmetics as triggers.

~ Formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, toluene, xylene are found in common household cleaners, cosmetics, beverages, fabrics and cigarette smoke. These chemicals are cancer causing and toxic to the immune system.

It's important to say that household cleaning and personal care products aren't the only source of chemicals in your home, but they are the easiest ones to replace! What can we do? The answer is to start in small ways at home!"

YES, there's definitely a business opportunity that is linked to the company that we work with, but even if there wasn't, would it not be worth if to switch stores to better your and your families health? If we could show you a way that you could get your household supplies for the same price or less than what you're ALREADY spending, while at the same time being better for you and better for the environment, why would you ever want to go back to using the toxins?

Are We So Afraid of Change?

I've come to realize just how much we are enamored and influenced by the Advertising that we see on TV and just how afraid of change we are. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, and after I explained to him that the EPA has come out with a study showing that Women who work at home have a 54% higher chance of getting cancer, due to household chemicals, his answer was, ... Drum-roll Please: "Well I really can't get into that because that is the domain of my wife, and besides, why should we buy something from a catalog or website, when I could just run down to the store to get the stuff I need". Honestly, I was shocked. I had just finished explaining to him how with this company, you're basically getting products similar to what you would find at places like Whole Foods, but with the prices that we had come to expect from your local supermarket. In essence our customers are not buying anything new, simply changing where they buy those same products from. Are we so conditioned to doing things the same way that we can't change even when it's in our best interest? Even when we're faced with the prospect of poisoning our spouses and our children, are we so set in our ways that we can't even look at the possibility of change? It really doesn't make any sense to me. The funny part is, I didn't get into this for the money, I'm a Systems Administrator. I usually get between $75.00 for Residential and $125.00 an hour for Businesses for providing my clients with Computer Services, and business is great. I'm doing this because I care about my friends and my family, and about our environment. I've seen the damage that can be done by these poisons we keep in our homes, because we think we have no choice, but the truth is that we do have a choice. We can make a difference. We do however have to overcome the sense that we have to keep doing things the same way we've always been doing things, in order to move forward. Consider the following and you tell me if you think it's time for a change:

• More children under four die of accidental poisonings at home than are accidentally killed with guns at home.
• The average home today contains more chemicals than were found in a typical chemistry lab.
• Most dishwashing detergents include naphta, which is a central nervous system depressant, diethanolamine, a possible liver poison, and chlorophenylphenol, a metabolic stimulant that is considered a toxic substance.
• Of all the chemicals commonly found in homes, 150 have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities.
• We have a higher rate of kids with cancer and learning disabilities than ever.
• According to the American Cancer Society, there has been a 26 percent increase in cancer over the last 2 decades!
• Cleaning products and some personal care products release toxic vapors into the air when they are used and even when they are stored. Children may be particularly vulnerable to chemical fumes. They inhale more air per pound of body weight than adults, and because pollutants are generally heavier than air and collect closer to the floor, small children breath greater concentrations than do grown ups.
• Most of us are concerned about the environment, but isn't the environment within our own homes the most important? If the home care and personal care products we are using are toxic and harmful, we are hurting ourselves, our families and the environment.
• Indoor air pollution is a suspected culprit in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In 1983, a research team at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, pioneered early research on SIDS & Endorphins. SIDS is higher in the winter because of decreased ventilation!

Points to consider:

~ Less than 2% of synthetic chemicals have been tested for toxicity, mutagenic, carcinogenic, or birth defects.

~ An EPA survey concluded that indoor air was 3 to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air.

~ Another EPA study stated that the toxic chemicals in household cleaners are 3 times more likely to cause cancer than outdoor air.

~ CMHC reports that houses today are so energy efficient that "outgassing" of chemicals has no where to go, so it builds up inside the home.

~ We spend 90% of our time indoor, and 65% of our time at home. Moms, infants and the elderly spend 90% of their time in the home.

~ National Cancer Association released results of a 15 year study concluding that women who work in the home are at a 54% higher risk of developing cancer than women who work outside the home.

~ Cancer is the Number ONE cause of death for children.

~ Cancer is the Number ONE killer of women between the ages of 35 and 54.

~ There has been a call from the U.S./Canadian Commission to ban bleach in North America. Bleach is being linked to the rising rates of breast cancer in women, reproductive problems in men and learning and behavioral problems in children.

~ There are more than 3 million poisonings every year. Household cleaners are the Number ONE cause of poisoning of children.

~ Since 1980, asthma has increased by 600%. The Canadian Lung Association and the Asthma Society of Canada identify common household cleaners and cosmetics as triggers.

~ Formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, toluene, xylene are found in common household cleaners, cosmetics, beverages, fabrics and cigarette smoke. These chemicals are cancer causing and toxic to the immune system.

It's important to say that household cleaning and personal care products aren't the only source of chemicals in your home, but they are the easiest ones to replace! What can we do? The answer is to start in small ways at home!"

YES, there's definitely a business opportunity that is linked to the company that we work with, but even if there wasn't, would it not be worth if to switch stores to better your and your families health? If we could show you a way that you could get your household supplies for the same price or less than what you're ALREADY spending, while at the same time being better for you and better for the environment, why would you ever want to go back to using the toxins?

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