Many of us are more closely monitoring what we eat and adjusting our diets accordingly, but we should also be looking at the harmful effects of the detergents and cosmetics we use in our homes and food preparation areas every day.
The continued use of conventional cleaning products which contain these “Chemicals of Very High Concern” has been shown to be responsible for causing a whole catalogue of health problems such as:
- Genetic abnormalities
- Brain damage
- Allergies
- Eczema
- Dermatitis
- Cancer
- Testicular atrophy
- Depression
- Skin, eye and respiratory tract irritation
- Liver and lung damage
- Damage to our immune system and reproductive and endocrine systems.
This is even more of a concern with pregnant women, as these toxins are passed through the umbilical cord to the baby.
We have all accumulated more than 300 chemicals in our bodies that nobody except this present generation have been contaminated with before.
These chemicals are bioaccumulative – which means they never leave our bodies.
We are now constantly exposed to a harmful cocktail of chemicals in the products we use everyday, and as a result we are all contaminated.
ECO CLEAN SOLUTIONS are committed to eradicating these “Chemicals of Very High Concern” from every area of our environment.
Greenpeace are countering the negative industry, lobbying by pressuring companies to demonstrate that they can do without toxic chemicals in products. The list of companies setting a good example by substituting hazardous chemicals for safer alternatives is growing - Ikea, H&M, Marks & Spencer, Nokia, Samsung and Puma are leading the way.
Adidas, Unilever and Sony are heading in the right direction.