Health: This article will shock you if you use toothpaste

This article will shock you if you use toothpaste

Written by Kathy Joyce

This article will shock you if you use toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, bath foam and other personal care and household products.

Most of us happily purchase personal care and household products without giving it a second thought.

Take a look on repparttar back of some of your products and take repparttar 115391 bathroom test today!

Do you have any of repparttar 115392 following ingredients listed

.Sodium Lauryl Sulpate,

.Sodium Laureth Sulphate,

.Aluminium, Alcohol,

.propylene Glycol, and

.DEA

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is commonly found in toothpastes, bubble bath, shampoos and soaps. It's used as a thickener and foaming agent, but has also been found to be a skin irritant.

Shampooing your hair with a shampoo containg SLS can put as many nitrates into your body as if you ate a pound of bacon! Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is also used as a wetting agent in garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers.

Sodium Laureth Sulphate is a higher foaming version of SLS and may be less irritating, however it may cause drying. Like Sodium Lauryl Sulphate it may cause repparttar 115393 potentially carciogenic formation of nitrates on reacting with other product ingredients.

Ten Things to Know About Your Child and Hearing Loss

Written by Susan Dunn, Personal and Professional Development Coach

In 2000, 5.2 million 6-19 year old had hearing loss directly related to noise exposure [3rd National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, reported on Dangerous Decibels ( http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/ ).

According to a study done by Montgomery and Fujukawa in 1992, “Over repparttar last 10 years, repparttar 115390 percentage of 2nd graders with hearing loss has increased 2.8 times; hearing loss in 8th graders has increased over 4 times.”

No one knows exactly what level damages a child’s ears, but repparttar 115391 Noise Center’s Rule of Thumb is: IF YOU HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE HEARD THREE FEET AWAY, THE NOISE IS TOO LOUD AND IS DAMAGING TO YOUR HEARING.

For what you can do, go here: http://www.topten.org/public/BQ/BQ173.html .

1. “Noise poses a serious threat to children's hearing, health, learning and behavior," says repparttar 115392 NoiseCenter. They suggest offering your child peace and quiet. 2. Younger ears are not stronger than older ears.

Children’s ear canals are shorter than adults, and damage more easily.

3. Check out repparttar 115393 toys your child plays with.

Talk with your pediatrician. A study conducted by repparttar 115394 Henry Ford Health System found that many current toys, including tape recorders, bike horns, cap guns, and toy telephones, are not safe for your child’s hearing. Of repparttar 115395 25 they tested, more than half made sounds higher than 115 dBs. According to The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, at 110 dB, repparttar 115396 maximum undamaging exposure time is one minute and 29 seconds.

4. Prevention is crucial because noise-induced hearing loss can’t be corrected.

A loud enough noise can cause instant, permanent, irreversible damage, some noises can cause damage if heard long enough, and there is also a cumulative effect over time.

5. A noisy squeeze toy is rated 135 decibels (dB) by repparttar 115397 League for repparttar 115398 Hard of Hearing.

Check out their website for more information - http://www.lhh.org/noise/decibel.htm .

6. Noise levels above 85 dB will harm hearing over time and noise levels above 140dB can cause damage to hearing after just one exposure. Source - http://www.lhh.org/noise/decibel.htm .

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