WAIT! Don't use unnecessary toxic antimicrobial products for your everyday cleaning! Old fashioned soap and water is good for most cleaning projects. If you have to disinfect, chlorine bleach (used very sparingly!) can usually do the job.
Top 10 Tips For Safer Cleaning | Toxic-Free Future
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Nobody LOVES cleaning, but it's a job that we all do. But did you know that some ingredients in common cleaners are linked to allergies, asthma, and other long-term effects like reproductive harm and ...
For most household cleaning projects, antimicrobial chemicals aren't more effective than good old soap and water. And now scientists are sounding the alarm that antimicrobials are bad for our health and urging tighter limits on their use. It's time to stop using products that contain these unnecessary toxic chemicals!
Scientists Call For Tighter Limits On Use Of Ubiquitous Antimicrobial Chemicals
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Scientists, physicians and public health officials from 29 countries are calling for tighter limits on the ue of triclosan, an antibacterial compound found in a wide range of consumer products.
Join us in thanking Costco for its “Smart Screening” program to address toxic chemicals in some of the products the company sells!
New Health Protections | Toxic-Free Future
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Help eliminate the chemicals that pose the greatest everyday threats
Less than a week away from Our Toxic Orcas with Orca Month, Citizens for a Healthy Bay, Defenders of Wildlife, and Washington Environmental Council. Please make sure to purchase your tickets!
Our Toxic Orcas
June 28, 2017, 6:00pm - June 28, 2017, 8:30pm
Welcome to Orca Month! Join us for Our Toxic Orcas event to learn more about the impacts that pollution is having on orcas, where this pollution is coming from, and what you can do to help prevent t...
Nonstick chemicals from firefighting foam, cookware, & fabrics, are contaminating state drinking water. There are no legal limits for these chemicals, which means most communities don't even test for them. We're calling on Governor Inslee & the Department of Health to take the needed steps to establish drinking water standards for these chemicals. Sign the petition: bit.ly/2q2TICq
Military Airstrips Are Poisoning People's Wells
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The military and its civilian neighbors are finding their wells are being poisoned by chemicals in firefighting foams used on airstrips.
