How Dangerous Are Household Cleaners?

Written by Kathy Browning


Did you know that toxic chemicals in household cleaners are three times more likely to cause cancer than air pollution? Did you know that more than 7 million accidental poisonings occur each year, with more than 75% involving children under age 6? Did you know that women who work at home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than those who work away from home? The 15-year study concluded it was a direct result of higher exposure rate to toxic chemicals in common household products.

Household toxins don't just affect us; they also harm every living thing on earth. Duringrepparttar manufacturing process, toxins get disposed of inrepparttar 115653 environment inrepparttar 115654 form of air and water pollution, as well as toxic waste. These toxins are not only polluting our air and water, but killing fish, animals and plant life.

The average household contains anywhere from 3-25 gallons of toxic materials, most of which are in cleaners. No law requires manufacturers of cleaning products to list ingredients on their labels or to test their products for safety. Many household cleaners contain chlorine, though it often masquerades behind aliases such as "sodium hypochlorite" or "hypochlorite." Breathing inrepparttar 115655 fumes of cleaners containing a high concentration of chlorine can irritaterepparttar 115656 lungs. This is particularly dangerous for people suffering from heart conditions or chronic respiratory problems such as asthma or emphysema. Andrepparttar 115657 risks are compounded whenrepparttar 115658 cleaners are used in small, poorly ventilated rooms, such asrepparttar 115659 bathroom.

Using detergents that contain chlorine inrepparttar 115660 dishwasher or clothes washer can polluterepparttar 115661 air in your home. This occurs becauserepparttar 115662 water inrepparttar 115663 machines contains chlorine fromrepparttar 115664 detergents. Asrepparttar 115665 water goes throughrepparttar 115666 various cycles ofrepparttar 115667 machines,repparttar 115668 detergent goes through a process called "volatilization." We then breatherepparttar 115669 contaminated air and absorbrepparttar 115670 chemicals through our bodies. If you reside in a city which treatsrepparttar 115671 water with chlorine, you're getting a double dose of these harmful fumes.

Wild Oregano Oil – Nature’s Miracle Herb

Written by Kathy Browning


Sincerepparttar beginning of time, mankind has looked for substances to treat a wide range of health problems, rather than treating individual symptoms or conditions. Natural compounds may offerrepparttar 115652 best hope, as they haverepparttar 115653 potential for multiple uses. Research has shown that spice extracts offer a wide range of curative properties. They are powerful germicides, capable of killing a wide range of germs, as well as potent antioxidants. One ofrepparttar 115654 most potent of these is wild oregano.

Few people realize that wild oregano has been relied upon as a therapeutic herb since antiquity. About 3000 B.C.repparttar 115655 Babylonians described it as a cure for lung and cardiac disease. They also used it for wound healing and venomous bites. The ancient Greeks used wild oregano for healing wounds, destroying infections and reversing lung and cardiac disorders.

Inrepparttar 115656 book, Salmon’s Herbal, written inrepparttar 115657 1600’s, oregano oil is highly valued and recommended for chest, menstrual, uterine, lung and digestive complaints. Specific uses mentioned include: diarrhea, asthma, colds, infections ofrepparttar 115658 female sexual organs and uterine tumors. Additionally, its value against liver disorders is emphasized.

In Garden of Health (1633), William Langham described an even wider range of uses including such diverse conditions as bladder trouble, bleeding, heart failure, head pain, itchy skin, mouth pain, spots onrepparttar 115659 skin, stomachache, intestinal worms and toothache. Oregano oil has always been relied upon as an emergency medicine.

Oregano oil is well known inrepparttar 115660 Mediterranean world (Greece and Crete) for its ability to slow down food spoilage because of its antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and antioxidant abilities. The related herbs of thyme and marjoram sold in most North American supermarkets, are labeled incorrectly as oregano and possess little ofrepparttar 115661 wild oregano’s healing properties.

Oil of Oregano is a completely natural substance derived fromrepparttar 115662 wild oregano species. The plant grows in remote mountainous regions free of pollution. Onlyrepparttar 115663 leaves ofrepparttar 115664 flowering plant are used. They are picked precisely whenrepparttar 115665 plant is highest in essential oil. Being wild, it is grown chemical-free andrepparttar 115666 oil is extracted via a completely natural process – no chemicals or solvents are used. The oil isrepparttar 115667 source of virtually all ofrepparttar 115668 plant’s active ingredients.

The benefit of oregano has gone largely unnoticed. In addition to fighting various fungi, oil of oregano is useful against bacteria and parasites. It can be used to treat internal and external fungi including athlete’s foot. Skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema can be improved. Oil of oregano outright destroys all variety of fungi and yeasts, regardless of where they reside. Inrepparttar 115669 case of parasites, oil of oregano has had success in neutralizing worms, amoeba, and protozoan. Oil of oregano’s antiseptic powers are immense – it inhibitsrepparttar 115670 growth ofrepparttar 115671 majority of bacteria, something that prescription antibiotics fail to accomplish.

Wild, crude, mountain-grown oregano (fromrepparttar 115672 Mediterranean) isrepparttar 115673 only kind that is naturally rich in ‘carvacrols, flavonoids, and terpenes’, which giverepparttar 115674 oregano its tremendous strength. Carvacrol is a natural phenol that contains powerful anti-microbial activity. Flavonoids provide natural antiseptic properties and Terpenes are natural anti-inflammatory agents.

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