Keep Green and Toxic Free

Even your body is an amazing machine. It's in a full time "detox" mode ridding your system of harmful chemicals and dangerous compounds. Depending on your lifestyle and your workplace, your toxic load can soon overwhelm your body and the buildup of harmful chemicals can cause serious health problems.

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By choosing to eat organic, you're taking a major step to reduce that toxic load. The outside world is mostly introduced to your body through your diet, so pesticide-free dining is a major step in the right direction.

You can also reduce your exposure by switching to more environmentally sensible personal care products and household cleaners.

So, in the spirit of maintaining your resolution to become even healthier, you can choose from any selection of "clean cleaners", including some excellent hand and body soaps. The most popular are often 'on special', so be sure to try them out and help reduce your toxic load today.

Do you choose your liquid soap based on scent or which design matches your bathroom décor? Well, you may be getting a lot more than you bargained for.

76% of liquid soaps and 30% of bar soaps now contain anti-bacterials. Many people pick up anti-bacterial soaps without even realizing it. Others choose anti-bacterial soaps and cleaners because advertising implies that using them will help protect your family against colds and flus. But colds and flus are viruses, and anti-bacterials have no effect on them.

A commonly used anti-bacterial chemical is triclosan, a suspected immunotoxin and a suspected skin or sense organ toxin. Triclosan creates a carcinogen called dioxin, as a by-product. A Swedish study found high levels of this bactericide in human breast milk.

Not all bacteria make people sick. Some are beneficial. Anti-bacterial soaps and cleaners kill both beneficial and harmful bacteria. By doing this, they actually leave us more vulnerable to the harmful ones we encounter. Children especially need exposure to some germs, to develop their immune systems.

Scientists are concerned that the widespread use of anti-bacterials contributes to the development of resistant bacteria, i.e. bacterial that will only be killed by different or stronger doses of chemicals. So when we need to kill harmful bacteria, like strep, staph and e-coli, it will be more difficult.

Organic liquid soap, 100% vegetable based and created without perfumes, dyes, harsh preserving agents or animal tallow can become a well considered substitute.

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